Does anyone know what the squeak is from the rear (somewhere) when you release the brake pedal or the handbrake lever?

Cheers,

I assume you have a Favorit or Felicia?

Anyway, the noise is the shoes moving on the backplates. Remove drums, de-dust the brakes with brake cleaner and release the shoe hold down clips. Apply copper grease to the raised sections of the backplates that the shoes slide on and re-assemble. While you're there obviously check the linings for wear and the cylinders for siezure or leakage.

Cheers, I'll give that a check next time I'm under the old girl. I checked the fronts and bled the system when I bought her a few months ago, but it was getting late and I was being lazy so I didn't bother with the backs.

Thanks again.

i get a noise from the rear but when going over a speed bump or a pothole, from the back left, its like a loud, mid tone dink noise. Like someone hitting an aluminium cooking pot.

Any ideas?

i get a noise from the rear but when going over a speed bump or a pothole, from the back left, its like a loud, mid tone dink noise. Like someone hitting an aluminium cooking pot.

Any ideas?

exhaust hitting the rear bean??????

exhaust hitting the rear bean??????

:iagree:

The exhaust rubber may have popped off or perished. Either that or the weld could have gone where the exhaust tube goes into the box. Had that on the mother-in-laws Mondeo.

The exhaust is the obvious and most likely cause, but for safety's sake check the rear suspension struts and springs. The struts are prone to failure due to corrosion.

also could be the rear brake weight valve spring, re-the brake squeak as mr rapid said, also you can adjust the rear brakes so that the shoes don't travel that far across the backplate thus preventing the sqeak.

. The struts are prone to failure due to corrosion.

YES. and dont i know it!!!

Does anyone know what the squeak is from the rear

Cheers,

not still got the mother in law locked in the boot, have we?

or the rats have finaly got in to finish her of????

not still got the mother in law locked in the boot, have we?

Ha ha ha, NiCE.

Just put a little copper grease where the shoes were rubbing the back plate. Quiet as you like now.

Cheers guys.