Noise in the rear
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Noise in the rear
I have a 97 GC Laredo with the V8 and AWD with 4L Option. It makes a weird rubbing noise going down the road as if a brake were rubbing or something. Someone told me it was a wheel bearing, pinion gear, emergency brake or some other bearing. I changed the brakes and unstuck the emergency brake but its still doing it.. Usually when a rear-end is going out doesn't it make a "whurrrr" noise and not a rub?
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Before you blame the rear axle, did you pull the rear rotors and check the parking brake shoes? My '97 ZJ w/V8 & AWD was making a similar noise, and when I pulled the rear rotors the linings had came loose from the shoes on the e-brakes, and were dragging on the inside of the rotor. Might not be your problem but it's possible.
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Mine also had bad pinion and wheel bearings when I bought it, and that was a howling type of noise that changed under accel/decel, and didn't start until about 35 MPH and got louder with speed. Nothing like the dragging brake noise that started as soon as the Jeep was in motion.
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You might get lucky then, and it be the parking brakes. It took a bit of work to get the rotors off though, as the linings had wedged themselves in there pretty good. I pulled the calipers off, and using a small sledge hammer I'd hit it a few times then turn the rotor and repeat until it came off. Then repeat for the other side. I installed new hardware with the new shoes. Cheap insurance.
*Note: After removing the rotors, Don't blow it out with compressed air because of the asbestos/brake dust. Use brake-kleen or a similar product to get rid of the brake dust before dis-assembly of the brake parts inside the rotor.
*Note: After removing the rotors, Don't blow it out with compressed air because of the asbestos/brake dust. Use brake-kleen or a similar product to get rid of the brake dust before dis-assembly of the brake parts inside the rotor.
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If its a more metallic like squeek it could also be a U-joint, it would be best to try to get the axles off the ground and see if the noise is still there, that might help finding the culprit/
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yeah the noise is still there with the axles off the ground. I am going to try what ol'blue recommended this weekend. Hopefully that will get rid of it.
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