need a diagnosis

[NotoriusCSR]

i had my 94 ATX in last week for new rear brakes, sway bar end links, and new rack and pinion steering (totally FUBARED). anyways i got it back last wednesday and been driving it around since. handles and stops a shitload better (also getting another 60 miles to the tank) thats where the fun stops. im coming home last night after a friend spun a bearing in his 3000GT VR-4 and i hear the very beginning of warped brakes (pulsing high pitched metal on metal at low RPMs/speed and a little while turning corners) so im thinking great, here we go again. but as im sitting at the gate (gated community) i accelerate slowly thru the gates and at about 1800-2000RPMs i hear a slight rasping noise. i cant describe it really. just a pulsing rasp, like mebe a piece of metal rubbing lightly against a brick wall. beyond 2000RPMs it went away. it was like 3am so i didnt think anything of it except something was up with the steering to complement the new brake problem. this morning i wake up and thinkg about it, its got the exact same sympotms as my friends VR-4 spun bearing (noise at 1800-2000rpms) and i think back and since about a week before taking it in for brakes/steering fixes it had what sounded like lifter tick. so now, can anyone tell from my description if ive got a spun bearing or something else? or if (i hope) its related to a ****** install job on the steering somehow.

<small>[ May 25, 2003, 02:29 PM: Message edited by: NotoriusCSR ]</small>

 

[bckicked]

i had the same noise turned out to be the brake backing plate rubbing on the rotor this would be the cheapest solution. look under and find out good luck

 

[NotoriusCSR]

that seems to be rubbing too... but even sitting still and putting the car in neutral i can hear whatever this is making noise. if i do it for more than like 2 or 3 seconds a smell like something is burning becomes apparent. but theres no smoke from anywhere. ive smelt the smell ever since the car came back from having the steering and stuff replaced so i thought it was just some grease or something burning off but now im wondering...

 

[AutoSHO]

Does the oil light come on at idle when its hot? That would point to rod bearings.