how to get this off?

[spc2125]

Originally Posted by robalero

the little clips between the bracket and rotor they are touching the rotor as you drive. so take it apart and push that clip in so it doesn't touch the rotor

will try this in the morning, in the meantime is it safe to drive?

[billytheman1188]

if it's the clips pushing against the rotor then YES it's safe to drive, just dont drive with it like that too long.

[robalero]

its more then safe, it took me awhile to figure mine out once. its just a real annoying noise is what it is

[spc2125]

anybody have pics of these "clips".
i have the caliper off and im trying to figure this out.
If its the metal peices that hold the brake pads then i dont think thats the problem because those are in quite tight.

[spc2125]

fixed it... the same day i was taking apart my caliper i had planned to rotate my tires and i had stopped because the jack stand ate right through the rusted metal piece below the side skirt. turns out i didnt tighten the back tire well enough and everytime i drove it it got worse. i flipped off the center cap to the wheel and bam, every single lug nut was loose. thank god nothing ever happened.

[JLw7123]

ya you are lucky that is why you check to see if the lug nuts are tightened after you go for a drive after you install the rims. But you should have torqued them down to 100 ft lbs and then you would not have had that problem.

[robalero]

JL thats not always the case, ive used my torque wrench before and seen lug nuts come loose after 150k to the point were lets say two out of 3 nuts are loose enough you can take off by hand. thats why it is always recommened to retorque after 50 to 100k just to be safe

[JLw7123]

well even if i torque them i check the lug nuts anyway after i take my car for a drive. It is better to be safe than sorry,