Update on rear brake/axle sound .. whine sound ...

[Rick]

I thought I'd bring this old thread back to life to see if anyone had figured this out. I had something happen today for the first time. I slammed on the brakes hard and hear a grinding sound exactly like the pads had worn out and were eating the rotors. It only happens under hard braking and only in the last second or so before the truck comes to a complete stop. The sound comes from the passenger side rear. I've read about the other post with the ratcheting noise and the transfer case... This is not the same sound. (By the way... Kudos to the people who posted those sound clips!)

I only have 14k miles on the truck and have a hard time believing that the passenger side rear would wear out first. I checked out the rotors and didn't see where the pads have worn and or scored the rotors.

Any ideas?