97formula1234
07-24-2008, 02:23 PM
A few months ago the car was in an accident and hit in the drivers side rear wheel. After the craash the rotor was touching the brake caliper right above were the brak pad is. I replaced the caliber thinking it was bent a little or something, Didnt work, replaced rotor and didnt work. I am thinking about changeing the backing plate (is that what the part the caliber bolts too is called?) it doesnt look bent but i guess it could be.
Anything else it could be? Oh, it also scrappes harder when i turn left.
shoebox
07-24-2008, 02:26 PM
Could be a bent axle housing, too.
'94 Bad A Z28
07-24-2008, 06:34 PM
Take the car back where ever it was repaired and tell them that their job isn't done yet.
97formula1234
07-25-2008, 04:35 PM
The insurance company has been a PITA to deal with. They did the orginal estimate on the body damage and wrote me a check. The next day the i broke the output shaft of the trans (i think it was caused by the accident too but i couldnt prove it) So i took the trans out and had it fixed. I took my tax money and the insurance money and the entire out side of the car fixed and painted. Then i took the car to a chevy dealership to have the rear inspected, and told the Geico guy were the car was. THe chevy dealer said it needed new pad and that it had a noise comming from the rear when under load and they wanted to open it but Geico wouldnt pay to have it opened saying that their is no way an accident could have cause damage to the inside of the rear. Then Geico stuck me with the charges from Chevy ($200) for check the car out. After that i had the car down do some other work to it and now that i have changed the pads and caliper and it still grinds i dont know what to do. I am thinking of just finding a cheap used rear to put in it
Zepher
07-25-2008, 04:58 PM
Could be a bent axle housing, too.
What about a bent axle?
'94 Bad A Z28
07-26-2008, 03:59 PM
The insurance company has been a PITA to deal with. They did the orginal estimate on the body damage and wrote me a check. The next day the i broke the output shaft of the trans (i think it was caused by the accident too but i couldnt prove it) So i took the trans out and had it fixed. I took my tax money and the insurance money and the entire out side of the car fixed and painted. Then i took the car to a chevy dealership to have the rear inspected, and told the Geico guy were the car was. THe chevy dealer said it needed new pad and that it had a noise comming from the rear when under load and they wanted to open it but Geico wouldnt pay to have it opened saying that their is no way an accident could have cause damage to the inside of the rear. Then Geico stuck me with the charges from Chevy ($200) for check the car out. After that i had the car down do some other work to it and now that i have changed the pads and caliper and it still grinds i dont know what to do. I am thinking of just finding a cheap used rear to put in it
All you need to do to justify your claim of the accident caused the damage to the inside of the rear end tell them "hey, I got hit in the REAR wheel... when that happened it(the other car) PUSHED the REAR wheel in FURTHER than is is SUPPOSED to be which PUSHED the axle INSIDE the REAR END FARTHER than it is SUPPOSED to be." The end dilemma solved, and if they still refuse threaten a law suit. Get opinions from Chevy dealers as to weather getting hit in the rear wheel could have caused this or not, they will replace it.