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Old 09-13-2002, 11:36 AM
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solution for the infamous noisy brake drums?

I was reading this article about brakes that mentioned in passing that some types of emergency/parking brakes on vehicles with rear drums need to be activated on a regular basis or else over time problems can arise resulting in noisy brakes. Anyone ever heard of this?
Since my gxe is an automatic, I never set the brake unless I'm raising the car. I'm wondering if anyone who uses their emergency/parking brake alot still has the noisy brake drum problem.

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Old 09-13-2002, 12:05 PM
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it doesn't matter on whether you use the parking brake or not- 3rd gen drum brakes WILL make noise.

only brake shoes I've found that are somewhat quiet are the OEM ones, at $50+ per set.

If you want to get rid of the noise for good, I recommend swapping the rear end off an SE with dics. will give you better looks, performance, AND solve the noise problem.

(read my FAQ at the top of the page for more info)
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