Caliper Abutment Clips
 

OK guys, since I redid my front brakes I've been getting some clunking
noises, that goes away when I touch the brakes.

In the box with my new pads were some caliper abutment clips. "to reduce
the clearance between disc pad (steel locating surface) and the guide
rails". The old ones didn't have them, but I tried to install them anyway.
Couldn't get them to go on with the clips in there so I figured everything
was probably OK. Starting getting the noise, and noticed on the
instructions that read "symptoms of worn anchor plate guide rails include:
brake noise caused by chatter, clunking or clicking". My guess is I just
found my problem.

Any thoughts, I'm guessing I just need to install the clips, although I have
no way to measure the clearance, which is supposed to be "a minimum of .10
inch and maximum of .015 inch).

Re: Caliper Abutment Clips
 

Hi Kevin,
You had the same problem as most installers do, it's hard to figure
out the correct way, then most install them backwards and they get cut
in half against the rotor and fall out. Installed correctly they will
look like these: http://www.----------.com/WJCaliber.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin Sperle wrote:
>
> OK guys, since I redid my front brakes I've been getting some clunking
> noises, that goes away when I touch the brakes.
>
> In the box with my new pads were some caliper abutment clips. "to reduce
> the clearance between disc pad (steel locating surface) and the guide
> rails". The old ones didn't have them, but I tried to install them anyway.
> Couldn't get them to go on with the clips in there so I figured everything
> was probably OK. Starting getting the noise, and noticed on the
> instructions that read "symptoms of worn anchor plate guide rails include:
> brake noise caused by chatter, clunking or clicking". My guess is I just
> found my problem.
>
> Any thoughts, I'm guessing I just need to install the clips, although I have
> no way to measure the clearance, which is supposed to be "a minimum of .10
> inch and maximum of .015 inch).

Re: Caliper Abutment Clips
 

Hi Kevin,
You had the same problem as most installers do, it's hard to figure
out the correct way, then most install them backwards and they get cut
in half against the rotor and fall out. Installed correctly they will
look like these: http://www.----------.com/WJCaliber.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin Sperle wrote:
>
> OK guys, since I redid my front brakes I've been getting some clunking
> noises, that goes away when I touch the brakes.
>
> In the box with my new pads were some caliper abutment clips. "to reduce
> the clearance between disc pad (steel locating surface) and the guide
> rails". The old ones didn't have them, but I tried to install them anyway.
> Couldn't get them to go on with the clips in there so I figured everything
> was probably OK. Starting getting the noise, and noticed on the
> instructions that read "symptoms of worn anchor plate guide rails include:
> brake noise caused by chatter, clunking or clicking". My guess is I just
> found my problem.
>
> Any thoughts, I'm guessing I just need to install the clips, although I have
> no way to measure the clearance, which is supposed to be "a minimum of .10
> inch and maximum of .015 inch).

Re: Caliper Abutment Clips
 

Hi Kevin,
You had the same problem as most installers do, it's hard to figure
out the correct way, then most install them backwards and they get cut
in half against the rotor and fall out. Installed correctly they will
look like these: http://www.----------.com/WJCaliber.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin Sperle wrote:
>
> OK guys, since I redid my front brakes I've been getting some clunking
> noises, that goes away when I touch the brakes.
>
> In the box with my new pads were some caliper abutment clips. "to reduce
> the clearance between disc pad (steel locating surface) and the guide
> rails". The old ones didn't have them, but I tried to install them anyway.
> Couldn't get them to go on with the clips in there so I figured everything
> was probably OK. Starting getting the noise, and noticed on the
> instructions that read "symptoms of worn anchor plate guide rails include:
> brake noise caused by chatter, clunking or clicking". My guess is I just
> found my problem.
>
> Any thoughts, I'm guessing I just need to install the clips, although I have
> no way to measure the clearance, which is supposed to be "a minimum of .10
> inch and maximum of .015 inch).

Re: Caliper Abutment Clips
 

Hi Kevin,
You had the same problem as most installers do, it's hard to figure
out the correct way, then most install them backwards and they get cut
in half against the rotor and fall out. Installed correctly they will
look like these: http://www.----------.com/WJCaliber.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin Sperle wrote:
>
> OK guys, since I redid my front brakes I've been getting some clunking
> noises, that goes away when I touch the brakes.
>
> In the box with my new pads were some caliper abutment clips. "to reduce
> the clearance between disc pad (steel locating surface) and the guide
> rails". The old ones didn't have them, but I tried to install them anyway.
> Couldn't get them to go on with the clips in there so I figured everything
> was probably OK. Starting getting the noise, and noticed on the
> instructions that read "symptoms of worn anchor plate guide rails include:
> brake noise caused by chatter, clunking or clicking". My guess is I just
> found my problem.
>
> Any thoughts, I'm guessing I just need to install the clips, although I have
> no way to measure the clearance, which is supposed to be "a minimum of .10
> inch and maximum of .015 inch).