Brake prob
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From: Chester VA
Brake prob
I'm calling this a brake issue but not sure. Every so often, the car seems to get in a bind in reverse. Feels like the emergency brake is half engaged, and have to gas it to back up. Rolls forward fine, and after driving a little, it's back to normal. So does this sound like an emergency brake malfunction? Not sure if it's related, but also has a clunking from the rear, very mild but noticable.
Melting Slicks
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From: Salisbury Maryland
Hmmmmm, sounds very familiar.....
I took off the rear wheel disc and had a loose/broken parking brake spring flopping around in there, got it all back together and........clunking sound still there!
Replacing the wheel bearing next weekend.
Check the 12 & 6 o'clock looseness of the wheel. After determining it's not the u-joints, you may have a bad bearing.
It started out only making a noise infrequently as I deccelerated to a stop. I can even take it up the road and nothing happens at all. But when it does, it feels like there's only one lug nut on.
I took off the rear wheel disc and had a loose/broken parking brake spring flopping around in there, got it all back together and........clunking sound still there!
Replacing the wheel bearing next weekend.
Check the 12 & 6 o'clock looseness of the wheel. After determining it's not the u-joints, you may have a bad bearing.
It started out only making a noise infrequently as I deccelerated to a stop. I can even take it up the road and nothing happens at all. But when it does, it feels like there's only one lug nut on.
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Thanks, sounds like what's goin on here too. If you think about it, post whether or not the bearing fixes it. I was worried it may be a chipped tooth in the rear or something, but a bad bearing is something to hope for!
