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Casper Haltsonen Posted on Sep 06, 2018
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1994 Toyota Celica thumping noise from the rear, drum brake issues?

My Celica makes thumping noise from the rear and the faster I go more faster the thumping becomes. when I leave it overnight it won't thump in the morning but after about 10-20 minutes it begins again. I suspect that the reason is related to my loose parking brake because when I pull the parking brake all the way up when driving the noise disappears.

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Hi. The noise id definitely coming from your parking brake. You will need to break down both sides and inspect everything. There is more than one reason to cause this failure. Check the shoes, are they in good condition ( check that the pad material isn't separating from the backing plate)? Are the springs attached and in good condition? Ask a person for help. Have a friend engage the parking brake and release. You will check the shoes and see if they have fully returned. If they don't you must determine if the failure is related to a cable or seized lever against the shoe. Take your time or you may spend more money than you need to. Please let me know if there is anything else. Good Luck.

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  • Posted on Oct 13, 2008

SOURCE: Scraping noise in rear of 2000 Toyota Rav4 AWD

just wanted to stop to offer some tips. I just put in new brakes on last night. I too had the same problem. The brakes were fine, but I replaced them anyway. The drum seem fine, and my emergency cable was a bit loose too. What you can try is hiting the ebrake while going in reverse or in drive. It may help. If not, adjust the ebrake cable will be needed, it not too hard to do. It should be by the rear tires towards the center.

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  • Posted on Nov 21, 2008

SOURCE: thumping noise when apply brakes 1990 Accord

yes my cv axles had to be replace cause of the same thing but when you replace one side you need to do the other side at the same time cause when 1 goes bad the other is not that far behind . i know from experience

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  • Posted on Feb 02, 2009

SOURCE: 2005 expedition rear a/c makes thumping noise when transferring

Sounds like the roof/floor actuator internal gear is stripped. The only way to fix it is to replace it. Remove the cup holder in the right rear trim panel. remove the 8mm bolts holding actuator and replace.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 03, 2009

SOURCE: thumping noise in the front end

Rotate tires front to back and test drive if same thumping is felt then tires not the problem.
Next check out ball joints/ tie rods
Dont believe it is the rotors unless thumping happens only when applying brakes
Good luck

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 30, 2010

SOURCE: noise from rear of car only while driving, can not

Cheap and easy fix, just replace the rubber bushings under the back where the sway bar is held to the chassis. The rubber gets worn and hard and allows the bar to rattle when going over bumps.

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