[hwserv]

Hi I am a newbie today. This seamed like a good place to find an answer to a question I have about a recently acquired 09 Crewcab Silverado 2 x 4 LT. A couple of times now when I have been in very slow traffic (exiting parking lot after football game) when I ease the brake as we are crawling along to exit the rear brakes chatter as if the ABS is kicking in or something. They will even drag just a bit after that as well. Once I am on the road there is no problem at all. This does not happen often but last night it seemed to be the worst yet. Any ideas?
Thanks for the help.

 

[CKNSLS]

If it was rainy or cold they will do that.

 

[Silvery13]

I suggest pulling the rear drums and doing a complete inspection of the rear brakes.

 

[hwserv]

I did fail to mention that there is only 49K miles on the truck. Which seems a little soon for needing a rear brake job. But I could be wrong.

 

[Silvery13]

That's why I suggested pulling the drums and inspecting them and the brakes. If everything checks out you can eliminate the rear brakes themselves as the cause.

 

[hwserv]

Thanks for your help. I'm on it.

 

[dwillems26]

Have you figured out your issue? My truck is doing the exact same thing. Now my traction light stays on too. I have about 40,000mi on it.

 

[hwserv]

Can't help with the traction light but my brake problem seemed to go away after I removed both rear drums to check for any clues there and found that the right rear was adjusted so tight that I could not pull the drum off. After some delicate persuasion the drum came off, I readjusted the brakes and I have not experienced the problem since. Hope this helps but my traction light was not malfunctioning.

 

[dwillems26]

Can't help with the traction light but my brake problem seemed to go away after I removed both rear drums to check for any clues there and found that the right rear was adjusted so tight that I could not pull the drum off. After some delicate persuasion the drum came off, I readjusted the brakes and I have not experienced the problem since. Hope this helps but my traction light was not malfunctioning.

Thanks. I pulled mine apart yesterday after posting and found nothing wrong besides a thick layer of brake dust on everything. They didn't seem tight like yours, but I loosened the tightening rod a couple clicks anyway. I cleaned the dust out well so we'll see how it goes.