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Joliet Johnny
09-20-2012, 10:05 PM
I just did the rear drum brakes on my 1999. This may be the 4th time I have done drums in my life. I replaced the wheel cylinders, drums, shoes, rear brake lines, and all hardware including the parking brake stuff.

Now the problem

As I drive down the road it sounds like something is rubbing inside the drum on the drivers side. I only drove it 2 miles max today and I did notice if I yanked the ebrake @ 30 the noise would go away till I hit the brakes again. Its a constant noise so Im not thinking warped drum.
Jeepster19
09-20-2012, 10:10 PM
Is it more like a knocking noise that you hear as you slow down?
Joliet Johnny
09-20-2012, 10:34 PM
Is it more like a knocking noise that you hear as you slow down?

No its more of a rubbing/grinding Id compare it more to the noise front brakes make before you change them.
4.3LXJ
09-20-2012, 10:51 PM
You nave something loose in there. Better remove the drum and see what it is
Joliet Johnny
09-20-2012, 11:14 PM
You nave something loose in there. Better remove the drum and see what it is

I will do that tomorrow when the free source of light in the sky comes back. I tried to pull out those pins that hold the springs with the caps on them out and they were tight. All I can think is I may have put that bottom spring on wrong? I should have just upgraded to the Ford 8.8 with disc...
4.3LXJ
09-21-2012, 09:15 AM
Sometimes that stuff in there doesn't stay together. It has happened to me before.
Joliet Johnny
09-26-2012, 05:13 PM
The problem was that part the cable for the adjuster sits on was not quite an OEM replacement part and wouldnt stay in place. I think next time it would take less time to just put in an axle with disc brakes on it, lol.
nickxj94
09-26-2012, 07:33 PM
The problem was that part the cable for the adjuster sits on was not quite an OEM replacement part and wouldnt stay in place. I think next time it would take less time to just put in an axle with disc brakes on it, lol.

That's why I just did the disc swap, my parts broke, blew a brake cylinder a week after I put new shoes on it lol.
Jeepster19
09-26-2012, 07:50 PM
Which disc brakes did you go with?A grand Cherokee or a liberty?
nickxj94
09-26-2012, 08:43 PM
97 zj.
Joliet Johnny
09-26-2012, 11:55 PM
I either going to put in the Ford 8.8 or the GC, dont really see many Libertys in junkyards around here. Come to think of it I dont see many Libertys on the streets either...