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I've been hearing scraping noises from the rear for a couple weeks, after searching the forums I figured it was probably the pads not retracting due to rust on the pins. Inspected them yesterday, and aside from rusty rotors everything was very clean.
Turns out it's the parking brakes that are scraping. The drag is minor, I can turn the rotor by hand, but you can hear the shoes scraping the drum. I didn't have the time to pull the rotors/drums and inspect the e-brake, and I'm not very thrilled with the thought of dealing with drums (been a long time, and the memories aren't pleasant). Is it normal for these brakes to drag a little, or should I be worried? The fact that both seem to be dragging (although the driver's side seems worse) makes me wonder if the problem may be outside the drum, in the cable run.
Any advice or words of wisdom would be much appreciated. It's an 07 AWD with 41,000 miles.
Turns out it's the parking brakes that are scraping. The drag is minor, I can turn the rotor by hand, but you can hear the shoes scraping the drum. I didn't have the time to pull the rotors/drums and inspect the e-brake, and I'm not very thrilled with the thought of dealing with drums (been a long time, and the memories aren't pleasant). Is it normal for these brakes to drag a little, or should I be worried? The fact that both seem to be dragging (although the driver's side seems worse) makes me wonder if the problem may be outside the drum, in the cable run.
Any advice or words of wisdom would be much appreciated. It's an 07 AWD with 41,000 miles.