Sign of drum brake wear?

congo_90

There is a rubbing noise thats coming from the back of my car when i brake. Also. The brakes feel less affective. The noise is like rubbing stones together. Before i garage/buy parts could someone verify this? Hand brake was always loose but no i don't feel any resistance until last ~3 clicks

JoeySully

probably just the shoes that are worn. - what car milage?

DannyBuoy

A grateing noise from the brakes prob means that the linings have worn from the pads or shoes and the metal backing is rubbing on the disc or drum. Needs to be repaired as quickly as possible for 2 reasons, 1 safety (its brakes like), 2 will cause more damage ie the discs or drums may need to be replaced aswell depending on how badly they're damaged.

congo_90

JoeySully wrote: »

probably just the shoes that are worn. - what car milage?

Off top of my head it's around ~80k miles

DannyBuoy wrote: »

A grateing noise from the brakes prob means that the linings have worn from the pads or shoes and the metal backing is rubbing on the disc or drum. Needs to be repaired as quickly as possible for 2 reasons, 1 safety (its brakes like), 2 will cause more damage ie the discs or drums may need to be replaced aswell depending on how badly they're damaged.

This is exactly why I wanted absolute confirmation first. Before my post I took the car off the road as that was what I thought it was. Its drums but unfortunatly the other day I drove some 50-60miles on em like that (20 city)

cheers for the replies

Plug

When your getting the shoe's done you as well change the cylinders. These go every now and again. What is the car?