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RichSxi
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i've changed the brake discs and pads for some brembo items. But now i've got a clanking (don't know what word best describes it) but everytime the wheels go around, there is atleast once or twice when this noise appears.

my dad says it could be until the pads are bedded in........ is this true?
Adam-D
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

shudnt clank
Paul H
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did you put the metal clips that the pads sit in back in??
RichSxi
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yea...... why - should i replace them?
Siberia
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

are your wheels big enough to fit over yer new brakes
RichSxi
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yea..... there 17's and the brake discs arent any bigger than the originals
RichSxi
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

and i don't mean clanking............ i mean as if theres a flat spot on the discs...... or something like that
Siberia
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

did u change the cailpers? if not are u sutre the new disks can be run with the exsiting calipers.

RichSxi
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3rd Oct 04 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well its a BMW 328i and the BREMBO discs and pads i bought were for that car....... so yea>?
Adam-D
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3rd Oct 04 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

right
so the flat surface is rubbing on the flat of the pad??

if thats so its fine
RichSxi
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4th Oct 04 at 15:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i think it could be something to do with the wheel bearings, the noise

 
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