RK2707 Member 59 Member For: 21y 10m 3d Location: The Shire....where else........ Posted 25/04/05 12:36 PM Share Posted 25/04/05 12:36 PM I'm sure some of you have experienced a scraping noise coming from the rear wheels at some stage and have returned to the dealer to get it fixed and nothing was fixed !I've complained for 2 services and also taken it back again to no avail so I had a crack at fixing it today myself and guess what.......I did. Funny that.Basically the handbrake shoe linings are rubbing up against the brake disc causing the noise. The edges of the shoes were very rough at best and also quite sharp. Got out a file and chamfered all the edges and then cleaned them up with a bit of emery paper and it fixed it. Believe it or not some of this information was from a Expensive Daewoo Technical Bulletin to rectify the same sort of noises in Commodores !I forgot to get some photos just to show what I'm on about. Hopefully it is a permanent fix. It's a pity that the dealers couldn't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Donating Members 447 Member For: 20y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/04/05 10:45 PM Share Posted 25/04/05 10:45 PM I'm sure some of you have experienced a scraping noise coming from the rear wheels at some stage and have returned to the dealer to get it fixed and nothing was fixed !I've complained for 2 services and also taken it back again to no avail so I had a crack at fixing it today myself and guess what.......I did. Funny that.Basically the handbrake shoe linings are rubbing up against the brake disc causing the noise. The edges of the shoes were very rough at best and also quite sharp. Got out a file and chamfered all the edges and then cleaned them up with a bit of emery paper and it fixed it. Believe it or not some of this information was from a Expensive Daewoo Technical Bulletin to rectify the same sort of noises in Commodores !I forgot to get some photos just to show what I'm on about. Hopefully it is a permanent fix. It's a pity that the dealers couldn't fix it.Cheers,I am actually disappointed to see that ford have followed Expensive Daewoo into the seperate Brake shoe for the handbrake thing...I used to have an XE with 4 wheel discs, and in those babies the handbrake actually operated the Disc Pads, so you had full rear wheel braking from the handbrake...Great for Handbrake turns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 19y 10m 16d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 25/04/05 11:17 PM Share Posted 25/04/05 11:17 PM My EB falcon had seperate pads for the handbrake, and the calipers seized (as the car was an auto - I never used the handbrake) so when getting an inspection done - they applied the handbrake - broke the cable. You wouldnt get that if you used the same pad I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIPS Great rack Donating Members 1,351 Member For: 21y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Geelong Vic. Posted 26/04/05 02:51 AM Share Posted 26/04/05 02:51 AM I'm sure some of you have experienced a scraping noise coming from the rear wheels at some stage and have returned to the dealer to get it fixed and nothing was fixed !I've complained for 2 services and also taken it back again to no avail so I had a crack at fixing it today myself and guess what.......I did. Funny that.Basically the handbrake shoe linings are rubbing up against the brake disc causing the noise. The edges of the shoes were very rough at best and also quite sharp. Got out a file and chamfered all the edges and then cleaned them up with a bit of emery paper and it fixed it. Believe it or not some of this information was from a Expensive Daewoo Technical Bulletin to rectify the same sort of noises in Commodores !I forgot to get some photos just to show what I'm on about. Hopefully it is a permanent fix. It's a pity that the dealers couldn't fix it. Good effort there RK, I wanted to do the same thing to my car, but I can't get the F!@#$%g rotors off - corroded on after only 6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6demon Member 58 Member For: 20y 6m 17d Location: kingsford Posted 26/04/05 03:24 AM Share Posted 26/04/05 03:24 AM we just took our car to ford and had to pay $270 to get the shoes replaced after taking it to another eealer twice before they told us it was just brake dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 26/04/05 11:24 AM Share Posted 26/04/05 11:24 AM If Ford dealers would only read their own service material - the fix that has been described is exactly what is detailed in the manual. Same for Holdens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 26/04/05 11:25 AM Share Posted 26/04/05 11:25 AM I wonder why they didn't keep the same design as the AU handbrake.. its heaps quieter and works a bit better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximum_velocity Lemming No #5 Member 1,991 Member For: 20y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Endeavour Hills, Victoria Posted 26/04/05 11:28 AM Share Posted 26/04/05 11:28 AM I wonder why they didn't keep the same design as the AU handbrake.. its heaps quieter and works a bit better..<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Because that's logical thinking.Something ford dosent know much about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 26/04/05 11:33 PM Share Posted 26/04/05 11:33 PM I wonder why they didn't keep the same design as the AU handbrake.. its heaps quieter and works a bit better..<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nope - just the same. Mine does all the noises etc and loses adjustment regularly - have to do it at least twice a year. One of the biggest problems is the cable stretching - it just doesn't know when to stop. Must be very poor quality steel used in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapnut Member 216 Member For: 20y 10m 18d Location: Siddie Posted 28/04/05 10:00 AM Share Posted 28/04/05 10:00 AM Can anyone provide tips for doing this job?I am keen to fix this noise. The dealer doesn't seem to give a sh*t about noises.Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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