Installing Brake Pads the Right Way. If new spring clips, rubber boots and a lube packet doesn’t come with the new friction pads you didn’t spend enough. Brake Pad Installation Video. Don’t forget to clean, lubricate or replace your disc brake caliper slides.

Improper hardware can lead to noise or poor brake pad performance. Clean the caliper rails or hardware slides where the pads make contact. Clean the hub-mating surface with a wire brush. Rust or debris on the hub can cause rotor run out and lead to wheel vibration. STEP 10: Resurface the rotor or replace the rotor.

New caliper brackets are available separately and some remanufacturers include it as part of the caliper assembly. Just make sure you return the old bracket to get full credit for the core.

Brake hardware encompasses numerous small but important parts that ensure your brake system functions properly and delivers optimal, noise-free performance. These parts include bleeder screws; disc brake pad clips, springs, and wear sensors; caliper boots, bushings, pins, and seals; and drum brake hold-down and return springs, self-adjuster mechanisms, and wheel cylinder links. We have these parts and many more individually and in time saving kits. Think of a brake job as an investment of your time and money in the safety and braking performance of your vehicle.

This can cause noise like rattles and thumps even if the brakes are not applied. Always inspect and replace if necessary any dust boots or grommets that protect caliper bolts or slides. If the soft parts look OK, clean out all the old lubricant and replace with new lubricant. Unlike steel, soft parts like rubber are sensitive to chemicals.

Choosing the right lubricant for these parts is critical to ensuring the integrity of the part. If the caliper boots fail to make a seal with the caliper bracket and bolt, water can be sucked into the cavity as the bracket contracts and cools. Anti-Rattle Clips Heating and cooling cycles can weaken springs and anti-rattle clips. Weak parts can result in excessive caliper/pad movement or binding causing noise and other related problems. This can lead to uneven and premature pad wear, rotor wear and pulling. On some floating calipers, the most neglected piece of hardware is the clip in the bridge.

Corrosion on the lands and slides should be removed with a wire brush or wheel. If the corrosion is not removed, it can cause the pads to bind even if a stainless steel abutment clip is on top of it. Also, clean the sealing surfaces around the caliper guide pin. If the surface is not smooth, the boot can’t make a good seal.

The clips are designed to push the pad away from the rotor. This can keep the brakes cooler, reduce noise and extend the life of the pad.

Using the wrong parts that are undersize can be dangerous as the brake rattle if excessive could mean the pads moving in the caliper and becoming even jammed and not operating properly. Brake pad rattle can also lead to the pads skewing sideways and locking in the caliper causing the backing plates to be bent and the friction material to be broken away and cause immense problems. So if you hear any rattling noises or brake pad rattle check you have the right pads in your car.

The lubricant also goes between the brake pad backing plate and the piston or caliper back. Don't over-look this. If you don't do it, you may get brake noise when you apply the brakes. STEP 12: With the caliper bracket bolted to the spindle, reinstall the brake pads.

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