When driving, I just recently inheritted a scrubbing noise coming from my passenger rear tire. It definately sounds like the brakes scrubbing. I took of the rotor, brakes, etc. but noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Any thoughts?

You might get this symptom only when you hear the noise, or maybe all the time. Jack up the suspect wheel (block the front tires), put the car in neutral with the parking brake off and try to spin the wheel. It should spin pretty freely, but I think you are going to find that it doesn't. If you are sure that the rotor is clearing the brake pads, then it has to be either the bearing (doubtful since this would be noisy all the time) or the parking brake.

The parking brake is a set of drum brake shoes with the inside of the rotor being the drum. Check the p-brake cable which comes in from the center of the car to the wheel. If you are lucky it is hanging up and some lubrication will get it to relax. If it's like my similar symptoms (plus my wheel locked up)on my '89, you are going to have to rotate the caliper and pads out of the way and pull the rotor (which won't want to come off) to get to your e-brake hardware. Your shoes could have come apart like mine or maybe the scissor joint that pushes them out is rusted and siezed. The main adjustment for the e-brake cable is under the center console by the e-brake handle, but I doubt that is your problem.

I couldn't find the shoes locally and ordered a set from FCP Groton. When my rotor wouldn't come off, I went to the pick-n-pull to "learn" on one of their cars and found practically new rotors, shoes and pads so I took and used those on my car. I still have the new shoes.

If your rotor doesn't want to come, all I can say is to try to spray PB Blaster inside it and keep trying to wiggle and turn it. It will come eventually.
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Andy in St. Paul. '89 244 147K mi, '91 745 Regina 202K, '87 245 lost to rust at 225K

Thanks, but I learned this morning that it is not my e-brake. I prepared for another trip, and learned it was my bearings. Anyone have any links online for the diagrams of the rear axle?

"I took of the rotor, brakes, etc. but noticed nothing out of the ordinary. "
Did you check to see if the caliper pistons are moving freely?

There have been cases where a parking brake pad comes off the shoe and jams up the wheel. So were the pads attached properly to their shoes and not rusting/falling off?
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1980 245 Canadian B21A with SU carb and M46 trans

How bad is teh noise? Did you try just giving your brakes parts a good clean ?

Volvo pads are known for making some kind of noise, some use after market pads.
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'89 244DL M47 164K miles

The noise is really bad at some points, and I worry about driving distances waiting for it to go away. A couple of times I could feel it grab as if the car was going to stop.