Pad/Rotor rattling death!!

**biketsai** · 05-01-2008 11:22 PM

I recently got some new rear brake stuff.
Zimmerman cross drilled rotors with ceramic pads.
After installation, my car has began to rattle on one side and it is ANNOYING!
It looks like my pad doesnt sit in there snug, and just bounces around or so when I drive. I even went back multiple times to check the caliper/carrier bolts and even used that brake lube on all parts.
What should I do??
thanks

**aytheory** · 05-01-2008 11:39 PM

the rotor is held on by the lug bolts - if your calipers are rattling then tighten them - your bad shout sit snug once you use them - the caliper push and when you drive it pushes them back in just a little bit. So in theory it should sit snug - no where for it to go. You better make sure - a loose caliper can damage your rotors you just bought and the pads. Also i don't know what you mean by brake lube.

There is brake anti-squeak that is placed on the back of the pads.

Then there is loctite that is used to tighten down the bolts as a thread sealant

**Squarrl** · 05-01-2008 11:59 PM

are the metal spring things tight on the caliper?

**biketsai** · 05-02-2008 08:02 AM

metal spring on caliper?
btw these are the rears

**audinutt** · 05-02-2008 08:57 AM

The rear pads should have springs that go under the caliper before it's bolted down. If the pads are rattling around something was installed incorrectly.

here's a pic showing a similar setup

good luck!

-richard

**Blake260** · 05-02-2008 09:01 AM

my fronts do the same thing...but the solution is different from the rear

**biketsai** · 05-02-2008 10:02 AM

o. My springs are faced down

**Militant-Grunt** · 05-02-2008 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by biketsai

o. My springs are faced down

LoL.

We had a customer that did his own brakes, only to find that exact same problem, he destroyed his pads.

**Squarrl** · 05-02-2008 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by biketsai

o. My springs are faced down

I dont even know how u managed that

**biketsai** · 05-02-2008 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by audinutt

The rear pads should have springs that go under the caliper before it's bolted down. If the pads are rattling around something was installed incorrectly.

here's a pic showing a similar setup

good luck!

-richard

So I need to bend the srpings upwards so they are facing that way?

**biketsai** · 05-02-2008 02:57 PM

i have those pads

**quattro16** · 05-02-2008 04:17 PM

Shouldnt matter which way the spring is! Just make sure both end of the springs are being pressed in by the caliper. Some aftermarket stuff sucks and the springspop out in the open area in the caliper.