On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, joe brown wrote:

> Mine make a grinding noise also, especially after I wash the road salt out of the wheel wells. Mine goes away after awhile.
>  Shawn <firefly@JAM.RR.COM> wrote:Volks:
> I just R&R'd the rear brakes on my Westy. Now it's started doing the
> same thing again. It makes a grinding noise when the brakes are
> depressed. Not like metal to metal squeal, but it's definitely
> concerting.

Maybe just rust on the drums that's being polished off.  The brakes on
both my van and my car make scratchy grinding noises the first few times I
use them after they've been parked for a while.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si