hey all, not been on for a while.
Ok I have a small annoying issue with my brakes. Last year I changed my discs and pads and a caliper seized up (passenger side).
So I stripped, cleaned and rebuilt it with new pistons, seals, slider pins and anti rattle clips. Which worked.....sort of.
The drivers side was fine, but I still renewed the slider pins and seals and put new anti rattle clips in.
The car brakes fine and passed its mot in Oct with no advisories. The tester did say the passenger side was a pass but wasn't braking as well as the drivers side. This was a little confusing as I thought it would have been the other way around.
Now the problem is the rattle from the caliper. It has rattled since I rebuilt the caliper. I can only hear it when the window is down and its only over little bumps (like a cobbled road). The rattle stops the second I put my foot on the brake and start to slow. And I occasionally get a quick clunk on the passenger side when I brake. It sounds like the pad giving a clunk as it makes contact with the disc.
It seems to me like the pistons are retracting back too far when my foot is off the brake, which makes the slider rattle and then makes a clunk as the pads make contact. I thought this could be due to air in the system but I've bled the brakes though 3 times with no difference. Twice gravity bled and once with the easy bleed air pressure kit.
So I'm a little stumped. I thought they might wear in a bit but its stayed the same. Any ideas??
Ok I have a small annoying issue with my brakes. Last year I changed my discs and pads and a caliper seized up (passenger side).
So I stripped, cleaned and rebuilt it with new pistons, seals, slider pins and anti rattle clips. Which worked.....sort of.
The drivers side was fine, but I still renewed the slider pins and seals and put new anti rattle clips in.
The car brakes fine and passed its mot in Oct with no advisories. The tester did say the passenger side was a pass but wasn't braking as well as the drivers side. This was a little confusing as I thought it would have been the other way around.
Now the problem is the rattle from the caliper. It has rattled since I rebuilt the caliper. I can only hear it when the window is down and its only over little bumps (like a cobbled road). The rattle stops the second I put my foot on the brake and start to slow. And I occasionally get a quick clunk on the passenger side when I brake. It sounds like the pad giving a clunk as it makes contact with the disc.
It seems to me like the pistons are retracting back too far when my foot is off the brake, which makes the slider rattle and then makes a clunk as the pads make contact. I thought this could be due to air in the system but I've bled the brakes though 3 times with no difference. Twice gravity bled and once with the easy bleed air pressure kit.
So I'm a little stumped. I thought they might wear in a bit but its stayed the same. Any ideas??