Rear brakes

FFLOATER

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When I Come to a stop I hear a grinding noise from the rear brakes. The car is a 2003 Saturn L 200 with 4 cylinder engine The front discs brakes are good it has rear drum brakes. I brought it to my mechanic He said it was dust in the rear brakes giving me that noise. He cleaned it. It has worked for a day but the noise came back, can you give me any advice on what to do.

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My advice is to call your mechanic and explain that his solution didn't work.

Does it only happen when braking or is the noise also heard at low speeds?

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Sunday, September 16th, 2007 AT 6:47 AM

MERLIN2021

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If the noise bothers you that much have the drums machined.

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Sunday, September 16th, 2007 AT 6:47 AM

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Good point, I just assumed when they had the drums off they would have ground the lip off. Different techs do different things on a Clean and adjust though.

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Sunday, September 16th, 2007 AT 7:06 AM

ZUE

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The cost of new drums is probably chaeper (approx 20.00 each) than taking the car to a mechanic. Consider if you are handy replacing the old drums with new ones. Also sometime the pad materials on cheaper brake shoes can be noisy.

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Sunday, September 16th, 2007 AT 8:54 AM