Strange Noise

doobsstang · Jun 6, 2008

I have been trying to find the cause of this noise for about a year. It happens somewhere near the front left tire. When I hit bumps in the road it rattles, like metal on metal rattling. When I push on the brakes it goes away. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

earleys94gt · Jun 6, 2008

Have you tried taking the wheel off and looking to make sure nothing is loose/broken?

I would look specifically at the brake componets, since the noise goes away under braking.

Chythar · Jun 6, 2008

I've been getting that kind of noise in the same area, but it didn't seem to be related to braking. It hasn't gotten worse so I haven't looked into it yet. Have you checked the brake caliper and bracket, to see if they happen to be loose?

doobsstang · Jun 6, 2008

Chythar said:
I've been getting that kind of noise in the same area, but it didn't seem to be related to braking. It hasn't gotten worse so I haven't looked into it yet. Have you checked the brake caliper and bracket, to see if they happen to be loose?

Everything seems to be tight as far as I can tell.

I had the noise for awhile then I changed my brake pads, it went away for awhile and one day it came back. It has to be something with the brakes, but I just cannot put my finger on it.

It is really annoying and I feel like a turd driving around with that loud rattling coming from my car. I need to just pull it all apart and check everything I guess. I do not want to bring it to a shop, they always cost so much and they might not even fix it.

Chythar · Jun 6, 2008

Hmmm, you have me thinking now. I had the problem appear after I replaced my front control arms with the 03 Cobra arms. Of course, this involved a complete disassembly of the front suspension. Now, there is a metal piece in the front caliper that's supposed to keep the front pads from moving in the caliper. The metal is thin and wears out after a while. I wonder if the brake pads are rattling in the caliper?

A bit of web research leads me to think that this is the problem. I recommend changing the anti-rattle clips on your front brakes. (EDIT: part numbers were wrong, now they're right)

1994-1998 V6/GT Front Hardware: Raybestos H5619A
http://info.rockauto.com/getimage/g...tp://info.rockauto.com/Raybestos/H5619A-1.jpg
1994-2004 Cobra Front Hardware: Raybestos H5613A
http://info.rockauto.com/getimage/g...tp://info.rockauto.com/Raybestos/H5613A-1.jpg
1999-2004 V6/GT/Bullit/Mach1 Front Hardware: Raybestos H5658A
http://info.rockauto.com/getimage/g...tp://info.rockauto.com/Raybestos/H5658A-1.jpg

1994-2004 V6/GT/Cobra Rear Hardware: Raybestos H5625A
http://info.rockauto.com/getimage/g...tp://info.rockauto.com/Raybestos/H5625A-1.jpg

I'm going to see if the rattle goes away when I apply my brakes...I sincerely hope so. I want to fix this rattle!

doobsstang · Jun 6, 2008

Chythar said:
Hmmm, you have me thinking now. I had the problem appear after I replaced my front control arms with the 03 Cobra arms. Of course, this involved a complete disassembly of the front suspension. Now, there is a metal piece in the front caliper that's supposed to keep the front pads from moving in the caliper. The metal is thin and wears out after a while. I wonder if the brake pads are rattling in the caliper?

A bit of web research leads me to think that this is the problem. I recommend changing the anti-rattle clips on your front brakes. The parts numbers for these are... Front set: Raybestos H5658; Rear Set: Raybestos H5625A.

I'm going to see if the rattle goes away when I apply my brakes...I sincerely hope so. I want to fix this rattle!

Cool, I had heard something about those clips a while ago on here. I may have to try the same thing. Thanks. Let me know how it goes. I will prolly not get to it for about a week since I am doing an AODE to T5 swap at the moment.

XxFaceYourFear · Jun 6, 2008

My car used to do the same thing. I was able to grab the caliper and shake it a tad.
I replaced the shims on the brake bads and the rattling went away.

Then I sold a pair of 03 calipers to blackened302 and when he got them on, they did the exact same thing.
A swap of the shims also cured his ailments.

mustang6tee8 · Jun 6, 2008

Check your sway bar end link

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