Re: Drum Brake Noises

[Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I only notice this after the brakes are warmed up...and I
have the big spring around both drums. I have NEVER noticed any
chattering when cold. I notice it most after I've been out driving,
and i come home to put it back in the garage. It sounds more like
squealing metal to metal...not necessarily grinding, but it does some
of that too. But when I pull the drums and clean all the dust out (and
they don't look very dusty), it's gone for ~2-3 trips...then it's
right back again. I'm thinking it's solely the dust since it has no
place to go...dunno. I guess it's just more motivation to get my front
disc setup on the car!

Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Dan McCormack <mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's kind of normal Bill especially when the brakes are cold and haven't
> warmed up yet. What your hearing is the shoes chattering on the drums at
> slow speed. Mopars (at least the older ones and I'm not sure what year they
> stopped doing this) used to have a spring wrapped around the drum to absorb
> the noise. Unfortunately as drums got pulled to be turned most of the time
> the springs got thrown away and discarded. You may notice that there's a
> groove on the outside of the drum. That's where the spring went.
>
> Dan


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