Q: Rear wheel stopped spinning and now it's going again.

asked by on January 26, 2017

Hello, my rear right tire locked up on me earlier and it drug, didn't spin, after I reversed and went forward a couple times it's driving again but it makes a metal grinding sound when I go to stop/brake, what could be my issue and how do I fix it?

My car has 190000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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