no the kit shown earlier in the thread keeps the caliper from making noise in its brackets. the pads still need to be fitted to the calipers.
Heres a pic of the brake pads. I believe Bryant is referring to the tabs on the pads to the right. You bend that tab so the pad fits tighter to the caliper and less possible movement. I think we pretty much have the brakes covered as far as potential noise causes. I would that hardware kit I listed. Then take off the wheel and caliper. Check the torque on the spindle nut as mentioned. Check the anti-rattle clip in on the correct side of the inboard pad as mentioned. tighten the tabs up to the caliper as Bryant said. and reinstall caliper with the new spring clip and guide. Even if the noise is still thre you will have better fitting brake pads and they will be quiter then before and not start making a new noise for you to hunt down.
thanks guys - still no time to take it apart yet - I make take this info, and the kits, back to the shop and let them do it because they did tell me to drive it for a week and bring it back if anything didn't seem right
New information to work with... I pulled the car out of the garage and rocked it around again. There was no clicking/clanking noise, just your typical little squeaky stuff from parts moving around. So I pulled it up on ramps, slid under it, and pulled, pushed, and banged on everything I could get to. Granted that's not the same stress load as driving around, but everything seemed tight and looked correct, and all the grease points were clearly well greased. The only thing I found was the inner bolt on the passenger side tie-rod adjusting sleeve was a little loose, so I tightened that. I backed her down, drove around the block a few times...fast...slow...turn hard...turn easy...brake hard...brake easy...a little more fast......and I heard nothing out of the ordinary. Came home, back on the ramps, repeat the pully-pushy-bangy procedure...nothing...back down and around the block a few more times...nothing. Well I shouldn't say nothing, there was occasionally a sort of click or clank sound, but it was faint and I couldn't find any way to make it happen - it just sort of happened periodically. Anyway, back in the driveway for the third time, I pushed and rocked the car again, forward-brake-reverse-brake, turn wheels right-left-right-left-right-left, and I'm just not hearing anything out of the ordinary. If I hadn't heard it myself before, I'd say my son was being overly paranoid. But I KNOW it was there - I heard it myself when I rocked the car and when I had him pull out of the driveway and up and down the street. It was unmistakeable click-clank sort of noise from the front suspension. However...now that I'm really thinking back on things, the times the sound has been really, really noticeable is AFTER he's been out driving around for a while. So based on my tests today (car was cold, having been in the garage for a few days) could it be that the longer car is driven, the worse the noise seems to get? And if so, what could that mean...???
Go out and drive it like you stole it, and see if it makes any noises, sometimes it's good to do that.
Pretty much what I did yesterday - no noise. Went out again today with my son driving and me in the passenger seat, we didn't get 5 blocks and it started making the noise again. Shhheeeeeshhhhh...lol
Dont let the kid drive it anymore...The car obviously does'nt like him...Check the front shocks, be certain they are mounted securely at the tower mount and at the upper controll arm. Then take it to the shop that did the work, let them figure it out. They did tell you to bring it back if it didnt seem right...Good luck!!!
Have them check the ball joint castle nuts.. Make sure they are tightened properly and have the cotter pins in place. While driving on a smooth flat surface, what happens at the steering wheel if you tap the brakes? Any jerking of the steering wheel? Pulling left or right while stopping?
No jerking or pulling - really it's crazy - the car FEELS very solid turning and stopping. It's just making this random clicking-clanking noise from time to time. In fact, we can't seem to duplicate it. Stop hard, stop easy, turn hard, turn easy, forward, reverse, big bumps, small bumps, sometimes its there and sometimes not. Sometimes we can hear it just coasting down the road in neutral with no steering/braking load and minimal suspension travel. But going over a speed bump slowly doesn't necessarily cause it to happen. It's really, really weird...like something is really loose somewhere and just sort of shaking and making noise under just the right set of conditions. Darned if I can figure it out, but we're definitely going back to the shop tomorrow. As the man said: let them figure it out...
Ok... I had a HORRIBLE serenity busting "clunk" after rebuilding the entire front end. I looked many times, and took it to two shops, nobody could find the source of the clunking. I was really despondent, thinking I really was beat..sometimes when I turned the wheel, sometimes upon braking, just as I'd come to a complete stop. I had to drive the car up metal ramps to see under.. I looked many different days tried many things. I started envisioning cracked this or that..sudden catastrophic failures..but underneath everything was really good.. So after checking EVERYTHING to do with the front suspension, tightening everything, looking for cracks, "oil canning" of the frame where the steering box and on the other side the drag link attach.. I slid a little further aft and... I tightened the 4 bolts of the TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER and the clunk dissapeared!!!! I wasnt loose really, I tightened maybe 3/4 turn.. so I realise with everything else redone and tight the flex was seeking somewhere else to flex. Can frame rail connectors and shock tower bracing be far behind.. If the clunk comes back don't give up you will find it.
