Of course I'm shooting in the dark ... having not heard the noise ...
but I'm betting on a brake shoe that was dragging.

Mike

Lorraine wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> Just when I got MIA back, driving better than I could
> ever have dreamed.......I got home tonight and backing
> up to park, heard a terrible screeching grinding sound
> coming from the left rear tire.  My kid leaned under
> with a flashlight and he couldn't see where the noise
> was coming from.  I then took his place on hands and
> knees, and we re-created the sounds by rocking back
> and forth gently.
>
> The noise appeared first to be coming from the square
> box underneath the strut, attached to the tire....then
> it sounded like it was coming from near the muffler in
> that same area.  I really couldn't decide exactly
> where the sound was coming from, but at one point my
> son and I both said it also sounded like it was coming
> from the inside middle of the tire rim.
>
> Noises = screeching, grinding, appears related to
> rotation of tire....
>
> So.  We took 'her for a drive, and after 1/2 a block
> the noise almost disappeared, then was gone by the
> time we got home.
>
> I have a 3 hour canyon drive planned for this Friday,
> and I hope I'm not in trouble!
>
> If anyone has any suggestions.....I have tomorrow to
> see if the sound returns.....
>
> Lorraine
> 1981 Westy "MIA"
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> Lorraine Sym
> 1981 Westy "MIA"
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