Rear Drum Brakes

Disc or caliper? Age and miles on brakes? Front brakes do 70% of stopping power. Obviously, disc or drum is rubbing.If disc, probably need to replace caliper.

Pending on the Yr Make & model, look through rim. If you see a flat/ shiny, silver surface & 1/2 of it has a brake pad & "caliper" holding them in place you have front disc pads Most newer models have disc pads all around or discs in the front & drum brakes in the rear pend on the year. ck w/ dealer about type of as in, ceramic, metallic or semi-metallic.PS If you don't see brakes pads at all just a steel round "DRUM" (it's called) you have drum brakes. Usually on light trucks & higher. Most today are pads w/ ceramic or semi metallic. Call the dealer with the VIN #. Good Luck Frank M

My first question would be have you taken the drums off and looked at the brake shoes yet ?
You won't know whats going on until you do.
It could be worn out shoes, or a broken spring rubbing the drum, or any number of things.

I would advise getting the rear brakes, suspension and bearing's inspected , it may just be the brakes need cleaning up, as a build up of brake dust could cause this type of noise when driven for a while, ask a friend if they can recommend a mechanic , don't leave it to long as if there is a problem it will only get worse

hi this sounds like your rear brakes are warn and the metal grinding noise you can hear might be the metal part of the pads rubbing on the disks, either that or your break shoes are doing the same if they are the drum type rear brakes, hope that helps

hi this sounds like your brake pads have worn, or the brake shoes as well, if you have drum brakes on the back it will be shoes, if disk brakes will be pads+shoes (inside the disk) if it was the wheel bearing you would hear a loud humming noise not rubbing noise, is it a metallic rubbing noise or a rubber squeaking rubbing noise? just check condition of tyre on back if it is the squeaking rubber noise cost will depend on where you take it and if you do it yourself, possibly $40 to $50 at a garage/auto shop or possibly $20 to $30 if you do it yourself, this just depends ...hope this helps

Replace the shoes,they sound like they are down to the metal.

The grinding noise in the rear brake drum means that brake shoes are warn out and the metal part of the shoe is touching the drum. You need to replace it asap as it will damage the inner part of the drum and than replacing shoes will not help without skimming or replacing the drum.

My advise is to adjust the rear brakes. The drum should not move in a side to side fashion. adjusting the brakes will also more than likely take care of that anti lock brake light also. adjust the brakes up to where the rear wheel will spin but you should be able to hear the brake show dragging slightly on the drum.

Your 89 Corolla has drum brakes at the rear.
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