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Hi All,
When i apply my brakes and just before i come to a stop i get a clunk like metal hitting metal coming from the front right wheel, like it it is coming from the brake area. It doesn't happen at high speeds and doesnt always happen when i come to a stop but does most of the time. I can even crawl along at 5 miles an hour and then apply the brakes and it will happen but not when im going 50 for example.
I am assuming brakes here but i cannot be sure. Ive taken a look at the front pads and there does seem to be a bit of a gap at the top of the groves where the pads slide in... Im imagining that the pad gets to a certain friction and then slides up a few millimetres with force thus causing the pad to hit into the to grove with force causing the sound to occur.
Do you think that this is feasible or am i way off? Has anyone ever heard of this happening before? I recently took the 2 front callipers off and cleaned them up to get rid of all the years of brake dust that had built up.
Thanks
When i apply my brakes and just before i come to a stop i get a clunk like metal hitting metal coming from the front right wheel, like it it is coming from the brake area. It doesn't happen at high speeds and doesnt always happen when i come to a stop but does most of the time. I can even crawl along at 5 miles an hour and then apply the brakes and it will happen but not when im going 50 for example.
I am assuming brakes here but i cannot be sure. Ive taken a look at the front pads and there does seem to be a bit of a gap at the top of the groves where the pads slide in... Im imagining that the pad gets to a certain friction and then slides up a few millimetres with force thus causing the pad to hit into the to grove with force causing the sound to occur.
Do you think that this is feasible or am i way off? Has anyone ever heard of this happening before? I recently took the 2 front callipers off and cleaned them up to get rid of all the years of brake dust that had built up.
Thanks
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