Horrific brake noises

Glazed drums can make sounds, but ck every thing inside drums for missing springs and hardware?

 

Train horn? Eh....

There should be nothing from your brakes other than the occasional squeal when they are somewhat out of adjustment.

Did you have hot smoking brakes on a fast downhill trip recently? You might have glazed them. You have a shop problem at this point. Go there and solve it before you do anything. Like today. Go find a shop. They are nothing to fool with.

I wonder if the train horn is the low air pressure alarm? That would be a can of worms.

 

Fixing to run the Cabbage? What's a good shop before you come off the Cabbage? I forget, anyone know?

Hop under there to see if you have any glazing on your drums. Have your brakes set as normal parking and get a ball peen hammer with you. ding the drums if any. If you hear thud thud thud then your brake pad is holding. If you hear ding ding ding with the brakes set, that particular pad set is out of adjustment and is not holding.

Further Glazing usually presents as a series of cracks spidering side to side on your inside drum surfacing. Have a look.

 

Tires from a tire outfit or your carriers shop?
Tire shop guys don't check anything but the tires they're putting on... Lot of mechanic shops only check what they are told to check also.

 

Amen to that. Which is why you have to stand over them boys and check everything yourself. Which is why I usually get thrown out with a few tools bouncing off me in short time lol.