Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Tonka. on 01 July 2009, 16:16:53
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I reverse off my drive touch the brake to stop. "Click" the brakes go.
Then drive off and stop at the end of the street. "Click" the brakes go.
Is this the anti-rattle springs failing? (stupid question I know ::))
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or the pad pins have worn
Andy
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or the pad pins have worn
Andy
What pad pins? ::)
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or the pad pins have worn
Andy
What pad pins? ::)
Rears are held in with pins. So you reverse out of your drive. Which means your drove in front first. Which means, if you have play, the pads are held in pushed forward position. When you reverse out, any play and the click into the rear position within that play, and when you get to the end of the road they click back forward again. Your car probably had trade club pads all its life and the rattle spring have fallen to bits and pins are almost worn through....they dont come in the trade club pad set. They do with oe.
Basically sounds like you have pad play and the slop could well be the clicking you can hear.
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Pins!
And if you have your rear brakes to bits its worth uprating the handbrake to later type drum retaining pin, by the way.
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Until last weekiend I used to get clicking noises when breaking (First initial push on pedal) I changed rear pads wth soft shims on the back of them (Apec brakes)and new spring clips and result was no more clicking.
I did get the new pins in the kit but they are fractionnally shorter than the ones in situ. Does it matter as they do not seem long enough?
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would suggest its important that they are held firmly and are long enough to reach. Certainly not going to tell you its safe without seeing it.
Any doubt at all, play safe.