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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: An unexplained screech
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 11:29:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 11:29:23 1986
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> 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