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From: west@calgary.UUCP (Darrin West)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: An unexplained screech
Message-ID: <37@calgary.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 17:09:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 17:09:08 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.)

    Are you sure your filbert flange is meshing with your grapple grommet?
    There is a plant here in Canada which make 23000 a day.
    Obviously there will be a few which don't mesh.
    
    :-)    (or something)
    
    Darrin West
    Self appointed critic of life in general.