christensen@apollo.uucp (Wendy Christensen) (01/03/86)
My '66 Chevy Malibu makes a weird, whining, screechy sound when I put on the brakes while backing up. Sometimes it is much louder than other times, but I can discern no particular pattern. It makes a similar, but not identical, screech (more like a loud, annoyed, chirp) when I turn the steering wheel all the way in either direction. The brakes seem to work fine (I got the fronts replaced 2 months ago). The car runs just fine; the screech seems to be harmless, if annoying. Could it be symptomatic of something I should be worried about? (BTW, the car has about 79000 miles on it.)
dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) (01/06/86)
> My '66 Chevy Malibu makes a weird, whining, screechy sound when I put on the > brakes while backing up. Sometimes it is much louder than other times, but I > can discern no particular pattern. It makes a similar, but not identical, > screech (more like a loud, annoyed, chirp) when I turn the steering wheel > all the way in either direction. The brakes seem to work fine (I got the > fronts replaced 2 months ago). The car runs just fine; the screech seems to > be harmless, if annoying. Could it be symptomatic of something I should be > worried about? (BTW, the car has about 79000 miles on it.) I had a '69 Camaro which made a screechy sound when backing up and applying the brakes. I was told that the brakes where self adjusting and that was the sounds of them adjusting themselves. David Albrecht
ahs@burl.UUCP (Spinks Albert H. ) (01/08/86)
> My '66 Chevy Malibu makes a weird, whining, screechy sound when I put on the > brakes while backing up. Sometimes it is much louder than other times, but I > can discern no particular pattern. It makes a similar, but not identical, > screech (more like a loud, annoyed, chirp) when I turn the steering wheel > all the way in either direction. The brakes seem to work fine (I got the > fronts replaced 2 months ago). The car runs just fine; the screech seems to > be harmless, if annoying. Could it be symptomatic of something I should be > worried about? (BTW, the car has about 79000 miles on it.) Do you have power steering? If so, this could be the source of your noise when you turn the steering all the way right, or left. I've experienced it with my cars and contribute it to either a safety by-pass valve opening up at limit, or to a slipping belt to the power steering pump that slips because there is more torque on the pump when the steering wheel is at its limit. -- Albert H. Spinks
west@calgary.UUCP (Darrin West) (01/14/86)
> My '66 Chevy Malibu makes a weird, whining, screechy sound when I put on the > brakes while backing up. Sometimes it is much louder than other times, but I > can discern no particular pattern. It makes a similar, but not identical, > screech (more like a loud, annoyed, chirp) when I turn the steering wheel > all the way in either direction. The brakes seem to work fine (I got the > fronts replaced 2 months ago). The car runs just fine; the screech seems to > be harmless, if annoying. Could it be symptomatic of something I should be > worried about? (BTW, the car has about 79000 miles on it.) Are you sure your filbert flange is meshing with your grapple grommet? There is a plant here in Canada which make 23000 a day. Obviously there will be a few which don't mesh. :-) (or something) Darrin West Self appointed critic of life in general.
ibyf@ihlpa.UUCP (Scott) (01/15/86)
> > My '66 Chevy Malibu makes a weird, whining, screechy sound when I put on the > > brakes while backing up. Sometimes it is much louder than other times, but I > > ....... > > be harmless, if annoying. Could it be symptomatic of something I should be > > worried about? (BTW, the car has about 79000 miles on it.) > > Are you sure your filbert flange is meshing with your grapple grommet? > There is a plant here in Canada which make 23000 a day. > Obviously there will be a few which don't mesh. > :-) (or something) > Darrin West Obviously, it's the framstad on the hootska valve, not the flibert flange which incidentally isn't supposed to mesh with the grapple grommet on a '66 Chevy Malibu. (or the '68 AMC Pacer) ;+] Addison ihnp4!ihlpa!ibyf My brother? I always thought of him as mom and dad's science project.