so im at 35,000 miles now and my rear brakes are starting to make a grinding noise time for some new pads anybody use these pads from napa & I know that the rear pads are supose to last 100,000 but keep in mind im on my 3 front pad set

manufacturer tru-stop
part#TS10832
price-$17.49 WITH A CORE CHARGE OF 7.50

http://www.napaonline.com/masterpages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=TS&PartNumber=TS10832&Description=Brake+Shoes+-+Rear%2c+Tru-Stop[/url]

 

Dang, you must brake hard!

 

sometimes if you clean out the drum it will not make that noise anymore. the dust will continue to accumulate in there until your change them and that dust can cause that noise. just remember when you put the drum back on to re-calibrate your brakes.

 

yup i thought the same thing ! but no i need new drum shoes and from my understanding you dont have to re-calibrate the rear drum there self adjusting all you have to do is push down on the brakes a couple times and BAM

 

well, be fore you replace the rear, check your front brakes as well. you might end up with more gripping power in the rear and it might not brake right. also, when i did my rears i used the braking system to re-calibrate them by doing what you said. pushing on them a couple of times but i had to do it in reverse because they were seating right. good luck, i hate working on brakes.

 

yup upfront i have fresh/new duralast pads ($20) i might swap them out for some hawk pads but truthfully the duralast pads feel (performance wise) the same as the oem pads im gona install SS lines while im at it once i get started il take a few pics and let you guys know what i think

 

btw its not called rear drum brake pads they are called drum shoes

 

ok mr. perfect ther called rear drum shoes and my oem werent as bad as i thought but i went ahead and changed them anyway - oh you have to speacial order these there were no napa stores that had them in stock around here (91352zip)

 

i was going to say... I have 67,000 miles on my xA and race it and my rear pads are original and look fine