Click on wheel rotation after pad install

[NS_Stinger]

So I'm on my 3rd pad type now:

OEM Pads (caused pulsation) > Girodisc Magic Pads (fine until they got really squealy at every stop) > Posi-Quiet Ceramic Pads 105.10010 (where I am now)

The new pads were nice and quiet but now I have developed an annoying sound on my drivers side wheel, I can only assume it's related to the recent pad install. It clicks 1 on every rotation of the wheel almost like a rock is stuck in the tread. I pulled the wheel and inspected everything and everything looks normal. After I pulled the wheel I got about 1-2 drives with the sound gone and now it's back again. Any guesses? My next thought is to remove the pads clean them up again, re-lube and reinstall and hope for the best...

 

[nhcowboy28]

Part out

 

[nhcowboy28]

Do a full pad break-in process and see if that resolves it.

Brake from 35 mph to 10 mph moderately aggressive 5 times. Drive around without stopping to cool brakes.

Brake very aggressively from 40 to 5 mph 5 times.
Drive around without stopping to cool brakes.

Do it at a large parking lot on a Saturday morning (like a college parking lot)

 

[JSolo]

^^You think the clicking is from hitting a spot on the rotor where no pad material deposited? I'm thinking pad play in the caliper and/or one of the vibration clips missing/not installed correctly?

OP, did you use that rubber pad glue when installing?

https://www.amazon.com/CRC-05016-Single-Brake-Quiet/dp/B000CINV88

 

[NS_Stinger]

No I just cleared the contact point on the calipers and lubed the back of the pad and contact edges of the pad with this:




You do raise a good point though, I noticed that the pads were a SUPER tight fit when sliding them into the caliper. Maybe I should pull then and sand the edge of the pads so they dont have to be jammed in there so tightly. Im thinking it might be such a tight fit that the pads are almost crooked in there and that could be causing it.

 

[NS_Stinger]

One other thing worth mentioning is that the sound doesnt change or go away under braking, its always present and driving me nuts.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Was copper grease applied to the back of the pads?

 

[NS_Stinger]

Was copper grease applied to the back of the pads?

No, the grease I posted above was applied only to the back of the shim while installed on the pad. Im wondering if I need to pull the pads and add grease between the shim and the back of the pad but i find conflicting info on that online.

 

[MerlintheMad]

No, the grease I posted above was applied only to the back of the shim while installed on the pad. Im wondering if I need to pull the pads and add grease between the shim and the back of the pad but i find conflicting info on that online.

It's not as if doing that is a risk. What do you have to lose trying?

 

[Stinger GT SS]

No, the grease I posted above was applied only to the back of the shim while installed on the pad. Im wondering if I need to pull the pads and add grease between the shim and the back of the pad but i find conflicting info on that online.

I’ve only seen the copper grease applied to the back of the actual pad to eliminate this sort of issue, so maybe in your case it cannot hurt to do it.

 

[NS_Stinger]

I pulled the pads, throughly cleaned everything, applied new grease outside and inside the shim and the sound is still there. I will attempt to re-bed the brakes tomorrow, if that doesnt solve the issue I will push the car off a cliff.

 

[D.J.]

One other thing worth mentioning is that the sound doesnt change or go away under braking, its always present and driving me nuts.

Its a rock in the tire.

If the sound doesn't change when you brake or coast ., Its not the brakes.

 

[NS_Stinger]

Its a rock in the tire.

If the sound doesn't change when you brake or coast ., Its not the brakes.

I've already inspected the tires and its not a rock or nail. That was also my first guess.

 

[D.J.]

I've already inspected the tires and its not a rock or nail. That was also my first guess.

If the sound is persistent while coasting, and same while braking - I can not see how it can be the brakes causing the sound at each wheel rotation.

 

[SRV]

Have you tried jacking that corner up and rotate the tire by hand and listen?

 

[NS_Stinger]

Have you tried jacking that corner up and rotate the tire by hand and listen?

Yup, for some reason it wouldnt make the sound when I did it, so whatever it is its load dependant.

 

[SRV]

Does it happen at low speed where someone can walk alongside the car and listen? That would be better than listening from inside the car, and maybe get a better position/location where the noise is coming from.

 

[D.J.]

Its a rock in the tire.

If I was a betting man, I would still bet it's a rock (or debris) in the tire

 

[socalvn]

One of the clips isn't seated right

 

[D.J.]

One of the clips isn't seated right

Clips?