Gameover209

Well recently a rattling noise developed on my truck right after i replaced the tires and aligned it plus new shocks. the day after all these were done the rattle began.

its a 94 ext cab SR5. the rattle is coming frm the rear right tire... it was driving me crazy but when i punch the right tire i can hear the noise. which frm upclose is kinda like a ringing noise. it sounds like something is loose in there... plus if i punch the opposite rear tire it still creates a rattle in the right tire....

when im driving it only does the noise when i drive over a bumpy road. but over flat smooth roads i cant hear it at all. so i dunno im really confused i just hope its nothing to expensive cuz times r ruff lol.

Stuwy123

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Something stuck in the tire when it was mounted? A loose tire weight? Busted shock rubber grummet?
Take the tire off and then the brake drum and see if there's anything in there?
If they are aluminum rims, were the proper lug nuts put back on?

desertcamper67

Yeah X2 on something inside the tire. If you do take it off listen to it as you roll it around. You'll hear something sliding or bouncing around in there. If thats it, it won't cost you a dime. Take it back.

Gameover209

i was hoping it was that so i took off the tire and bounced it a few times and nothing. since i have no real tools, or knowledge on this matter lol this was as much as i could do....

i took it to the same guy who aligned it for me. and he took off the tire and took opened up the drum or rotor or watever it is lol. as he opened it a long screw with a whrench shaped end to it fell out and he said tis was the automatic adjustor.

the shoes were completely shot and were bare metal. so he said i was lucky that the adjustor didnt jam in there and mess up the whole thing.

so he ended up putting the adjustor back replacing the shoes which ran me 68 bucks or 62 and he also replaced a drum all in all it was 256 for all of it and even though i fell like it was a bit pricy im just glad that the truck stops in the blink of an eye now. lol

apparently i was just stopping on my front pads O_o. the truck stops so well that it even feels slower now lol jp. thanx for the input

Jay351

you should always replace brake parts in pairs FYI

Gameover209

lol yeah did the rear ones this time lol.

actually ima do the front ones since the parts wont cost me a dime just gotta get the part number from kragen lol.


my dad actually just got really angry at me and said i overpaid for the service done on it today lol i dnt know if i did or not but i think for his work he charged me about 120 bucks to replace the shoes and a drum and now thinking about ti it does seem pretty steep?

mattaway

you should always do easy stuff like brakes, oil changes, starters, alternators, etc. yourself....

alot of the above can be done with common hand tools.

you'll save yourself ALOT of money


and always talk to pops first, chances are he's already been there done that.... a couple of times

desertcamper67

Odd that is happened the day after your work/tires were done. Sounds fishy.