brakes clunking

[anthony]

is it normal to hear the brakes make like a clunk, you can hear it if u r say in traffic, put your foot on the brake you can hear the calipers make a like clunk noise as they bind if you are only light with the pedal..

before i go about jacking up and taking the wheel off, looks like a big pain with no uncovered chassis members to lift it up on.. :/

[FD3SNuttah]

shims n pins dude - these expire after a while - pretty simple to change esp if you need new pads anyway

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shims n pins dude - these expire after a while - pretty simple to change esp if you need new pads anyway

Or they have been left out when replacing.

[Grizzly]

Now thats Timing...

Today i have replaced one of the calipers on a mates Fd becouse if you where rolling slowly and tap the brakes it would make a Clunk noise, then start Rattling like there was somthing loose, we decided it was coming from the OSF Brakes (rattling would go if you rested your foot on the peddle) I pulled it to bit and gave the caliper a good looking over and the only thing i could spot was the pad seemed quite loose in the caliper. I went home and measured the pad rest points on My car and his and there was quite alot of a diffrence so Today i swaped the caliper with one i had about and its stopped?

TBH if the Brakes where Squeeling i\'d say Shims, the Pins may be worn though?

[anthony]

now you mention it they have just started squealing as well..
there was **** loads of pad left when i last checked, so ill check the state of the shims and see if its loose etc

have to have a look on sunday as going japfest on sat :-)


cheers guys