Is the Cooper 7.5" brake setup supposed to have anti rattle springs installed? The pads in mine rattle about when I go over any bump in the road - so all the time! They have a fair bit of up and down play and the holes through the pads are more oval than circular, but dont look like they have worn, they look like they were like this from new. Should there be some form of spring to keep them tight, like there is in the 8.4" setup?
Cooper 7.5" Brakes - Anti-Rattle Springs?
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miniman24
, Jun 21 2013 06:28 PM
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:28 PM
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:30 PM
I asked the same question when i converted Paddy to discs and the answer was NO.
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:35 PM
No just pins! Bit of copper grease on the back of the pad should help though!
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:40 PM
Fair enough :) I know that copper grease helps with brake squeal, but thats not whats happening, they are just rattling around in the calipers, imagine two bits of painted metal clinking around by the drivers wheel 
And it definitely is the pads, to test I took the pads out and drove (slowly) around a large and bumpy area of private land (our driveway) and there was no rattling. Put the pads back in and there it was, back again! Would copper grease help with this too?
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:40 PM
What do you mean by 'fair bit of up and down play'?
I've always found S pads to be a pretty close fit in the calipers.
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:42 PM
As in the pads can move up and down in the calipers, more so towards the split pins as the split pin holes in the pads are oval in shape, allowing the pads to move up and down.
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 07:09 PM
A pic to show what I mean - you can see the pad holes are too big for the split pins and I can rattle the outer pad with two fingers:
Edited by miniman24, 21 June 2013 - 07:13 PM.
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 07:12 PM
No picture??
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 07:14 PM
Should be fixed now, image shack is messing about :S
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 07:52 PM
Fair enough, Ill try the copper grease and see what happens :)
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 10:07 PM
Mines the same!!! I took my NSF wheel off the other day and about 15% of the corner of the pad wasn't.in the caliper! So its worn down 75% properly but I've now got a raised section!! Got not springs on my 8.4 setup just pins?? Should it have
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 10:16 PM
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 10:17 PM
Ask perfect :)
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Posted 21 June 2013 - 10:50 PM
Are your pistons free in the calipers?
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