bluethunder
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- October 10, 2000
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- City, State
- Raleigh, NC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 XLT
well i really need some help. ive got a 96 explorer with 4 wheel disc brakes. the problem is everytime i apply the brakes there is a grinding/scraping sound coming from the rear end. sometimes it sounds like a certain spot on the rotor because when i apply the brakes it scrapes, then stops and does it again once the rotor has rotated around again. could this be dirt build up on the pads or rotors? if so i am going to try to take the calipers off this weekend. has anybody ever done this? i could probably figure it out but is there anything just waiting to jump out and surprise me if i do that? i have a haynes manual so hopefully that will help.
there is one other problem. tonight i went out and took the wheel off the left rear to have a look at the rotor. when i was puting the lugnuts back on, the tire got caught on something as i was tightening down one of the lugnuts. since the tire would move inward the threads on both the nut and stud were damaged. i think the stud is not usable and i know the nut is not. so my question is how do i get the stud off? anybody tried this? if so please give me some pointers. thanks
-Jonathan
there is one other problem. tonight i went out and took the wheel off the left rear to have a look at the rotor. when i was puting the lugnuts back on, the tire got caught on something as i was tightening down one of the lugnuts. since the tire would move inward the threads on both the nut and stud were damaged. i think the stud is not usable and i know the nut is not. so my question is how do i get the stud off? anybody tried this? if so please give me some pointers. thanks
-Jonathan