Chevy Blazer rear axle

2 messages, Last post on Mar 26, 2009 at 6:28 PM

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#1 of 2 rear axle by harley19 Mar 26, 2009 (8:53 am)
we heard a grinding by the back tire of 1998 s-10 blazer last night, took off tire and rotor and a ring fell off of the axle , like the size of a small paper plate, what is ths thing? Replies to this message: jlflemmons (Mar 26, 2009 6:28 pm)
#2 of 2 Re: rear axle [harley19] by jlflemmons Mar 26, 2009 (6:28 pm)
Replying to: harley19 (Mar 26, 2009 8:53 am) Could it be the drum portion of the rotor, where the parking brake shoes contact? That rotor also has a drum for the parking brake, and it isn't supposed to be separate. Could we be looking at an extreme rust issue? Go to this link, http://www.oreillyauto.com/EW3/ProductDetail.do?previous=true and see if your rotor looks like this on the inside. I suspect your ring is the drum part of the rotor that separated! Thanks to O'Reillys Auto parts for a good picture of the drum/rotor. Down here in Texas they sell for about $43, and should be replaced in pairs. Jim