1995 buick brake adjustment

Samara’s question:

I have a 95 buick. I recently bought new tires, and had the brakes adjusted. The next day the back left wheel started making a tick tick tick noise that sounded like something in the tread. There was nothing in the tread. It ticks with the rotation of the tire. whether or not I am pressing the brakes. If I just roll the car very slowly it sounds more like a creak. It has always been the same noise until this morning, it suddenly got very loud but then went back to its ‘normal’ volume. any idea what I should check?”

Answer:

They may have adjusted the brakes too tightly, but really, those brakes are supposed to be self adjusting brakes. There are springs and a little ratcheting adjuster that automatically adjusts the brake shoes to the correct notch as you drive. If this mechanism isn’t working right, you should have the adjuster replaced (or taken apart and lubricated so it does adjust itself.) SO, if I were you, I’d go to a different mechanic if the old one didn’t explain any of this to you. Because your Buick should never need a brake adjustment and if it did, then it should have been fixed to work correctly–not just “adjusted.”


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