Metal popping sound when applying brakes (front brakes)
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If it's a single clack when applying the brakes or a rattling noise on rough roads then it's the anti-rattle clips.
Good luck finding good ones. I put the one's from the new brakes in and both fronts were doing it. Put in a heavy duty one front a replacement caliper and that fixed one side. Do you think I could get another one? Ordered different ones thru 3 different stores and all are cheap thin ones that still rattle.
Hi all. Over the past 6-12 weeks, my truck has developed a very loud metal popping sound coming from the front of the vehicle when I apply the brakes. Hard application or soft, the popping is there. If I pull the E-brake, there is no such sound so I'm sure it's front end related.
I pulled the wheels and calipers today and everything looks ok. Plenty of pad life remaining. No glaring signs of problems. But I can tug on the calipers with the 2 mounting bolts TIGHT and there is noticeable movement with both calipers. So I'm assuming the bushings are shot, which the 2 mounting bolts go.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is the problem I described related to bushings being bad? Am I able to replace only the bushings, or am I looking at a whole new caliper?
It's Saturday night, and my part store is closed. A phone call Monday morning can problem help clear some of this up. But I thought I'd try here first since this is my go-to site for pretty much everything related to my Ram.[/QUOTE
had the same issue only lots of raddling even while driving so I bought brake pad kit comes with the screamers and slider clips changed everything went away turned out it was just the slider that was warn out so the brake pads were raddling inside the caliper (loose)
I pulled the wheels and calipers today and everything looks ok. Plenty of pad life remaining. No glaring signs of problems. But I can tug on the calipers with the 2 mounting bolts TIGHT and there is noticeable movement with both calipers. So I'm assuming the bushings are shot, which the 2 mounting bolts go.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is the problem I described related to bushings being bad? Am I able to replace only the bushings, or am I looking at a whole new caliper?
It's Saturday night, and my part store is closed. A phone call Monday morning can problem help clear some of this up. But I thought I'd try here first since this is my go-to site for pretty much everything related to my Ram.[/QUOTE
had the same issue only lots of raddling even while driving so I bought brake pad kit comes with the screamers and slider clips changed everything went away turned out it was just the slider that was warn out so the brake pads were raddling inside the caliper (loose)
Good luck finding good ones. I put the one's from the new brakes in and both fronts were doing it. Put in a heavy duty one front a replacement caliper and that fixed one side. Do you think I could get another one? Ordered different ones thru 3 different stores and all are cheap thin ones that still rattle.
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