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Brake Pad Rattle

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  • Start date Start date Jul 12, 2005

87VERT

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I changed my brake pads and calipers over the weekend and since then I have an annoying rattle coming from the brakes. It seems to be coming from the outer pads.

The problem is that there seems to be too much play in between the brake pad holes and the caliper bolt/pins that when I hit a bump or at low speeds the pad hits the pin causing a rattle noise.

Is it possible that the I have defective pads that have too big of holes or could the caliper pins be worn down? I threw out the old pads so I don't have them to compare. Any ideas?
 

5.0 con-vert

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did your new pads come with those flat shims? Sometimes if you forgot those you end up with all sorts of racket. I've left those out many times and sometimes you don't notice but sometimes it sounds like the world is ending in your brakes!...just a thought!
 

87VERT

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No they didn't. Where do the shims go...on the caliper pin?
 

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THey go on the caliper bracket.
 

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Also, are you sure you got the right pads...lol, i'm going through quite an ordeal trying to fix my rear brakes right now. one of the problems was that advance auto parts ordered the wrong pads for me
 
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