Messed Up Back End

MikeSS · 06-08-2004, 10:41 PM

Well the back end of my car is right messed up. It makes a squeaking/banging/rubbing noise as I drive and a horrible grinding noise when I brake. It occours at certain point every time the wheel does a revolution. The tires also wobble a bit. Seeing as I have a 2003 car with 23000km on it, it is going to GM to be worked on by my cousin whose a mechanic there. He is going to do his best to get it done under warrentee. I'll let you know tomorrow what happened

I think it is my rear drums (yes, I got drums back there) or my bearings

mdodge · 06-08-2004, 10:47 PM

Never good if you think a tire is wobblin. Get it serviced quick, hope ya get all set.

MikeSS · 06-09-2004, 07:51 PM

So it ended up that the rim shop I bought my rims from didn't give me the proper spaced rim. With the drum brakes in the rear I needed a spacer and since I didn't have one, it ruined one of my drums and possilby bent both rear drums.....I'm not too happy

jamcllw · 06-09-2004, 08:04 PM

I don't see warranty covering that.

Youngblood77 · 06-09-2004, 08:07 PM

Urgh, definately no warranty covering that.....sry 'bout your luck man.

jamcllw · 06-09-2004, 08:10 PM

I'd raise some hell at the rim shop though. They sold you and installed a product that didn't work with your car and it bunnyed stuff up. I think you should get them to foot the bill.

06-10-2004, 12:49 AM

Have your cuz at GM right you up a Letter to give the rim shop stating that what they did was wrong and it cuased the parts to go bad....

ptrudel · 06-10-2004, 09:56 AM

definately no warranty, but that rim shop should be made to pay that...if they really knew what they were doin and cared about customer service instead of money they woulda known that those rims wouldn't fit right...sorry bout ur luck man...

MikeSS · 06-14-2004, 07:48 PM

So it ends up my rims aren't bent. I but the backs on the front and the fronts on the back and the back rims which I thought were bent were fine up front. The front rims which I knew were straight were wobbling on the back.

So to make a long story short, it ended up I needed rim spacers. Seems the rim shop didn't know my car (2003 GX) had drums in the rear (first alero model with 'em) and didn't tell me I would spacers. So I bought 7mm spacers (from advice given by my cuz) and the problem seems to be fixed (finally) Plus my rear end has one hell of a track now B)