Brakes Click When Changing Direction

[petec]

When I back out of the garage and stop, the front brakes click. Then the first time I stop going forward they click. After that no more clicks until I back up and brake.

I took both front wheel off and looked at the brakes. Pads look good. The anti wrattle clips look good. Everything feels solid as far as I can tell.

What else might cause the clicking?

[Peter]

hmmmmmmmmmm no clue..........i am out of ideas....maybe the rotor hitting the backing plate, or gaurd

[karugs]

Make sure pads do not shift when braking. Happened to me before. Changed pads and clicking gone.

Check CV boots too, or ball joints/bushings.

[foodaa]

When did this start happening? Did you service your brakes? Maybe you put the pads on the wrong side of the caliper. Some pads are directional.

[petec]

I bought the car 3 months ago. It is a 98 with 160,000 miles on it. It has clicked ever since I got it.

The pads look fairly new (1/4" of pad material). It only clicks once, then no click until I brake in the opposite direction.

The car brakes very smoothly.

[foodaa]

The pads might be moving forward and backward so you hear a click everytime you change direction. Maybe the wrong pads were put in, I dunno.

[CorollaULEV]

My '03 Corolla with 70,000 miles on it has done this since brand new. I recently replaced the front brakes (for the 1st time) about a week ago. It still does it. It's a normal thing, I'm pretty sure. It's just the pads shifting in the holders and it's no cause for concern if the pads aren't worn out.

Trav

[Raddman]

Originally Posted by petec

When I back out of the garage and stop, the front brakes click. Then the first time I stop going forward they click. After that no more clicks until I back up and brake.

I took both front wheel off and looked at the brakes. Pads look good. The anti wrattle clips look good. Everything feels solid as far as I can tell.

What else might cause the clicking?

Its probably shifting/sliding and hitting against the caliper with each direction you stop in and probably a fraction of a inch clearance will make a click noise, if its only one side you might have a missing/backward/broken anti rattle clip...If it bothers you that much you can always pull the pads and put some anti-squeal brake lube on each side of the pad that hit the caliper plus put some on the back of the pads and it might lessen the noise or hold the pad from shifting or maybe figure out a way of putting a small shim in one side of each pad, or just live with it...Just my opinion! ....Good Luck...~Radd Guy~


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[karma]

same thing happens to my 04 corolla with 24k on it. Took it in to the dealer and they couldn't find anythign wrong with it. i'm leaning in the direction of loose pads probably an engineering miscalculation or machining defect :-/ o well doesn't hurt, just annoying.

[BayMoe]

As someone already mentioned, it is most likely your rotors rotating. If you take off your wheels, you can see that the holes on the rotor where your wheel bolts go through is significantly larger than the actual bolt diameter. The click you hear whenever you go from forward to reverse or vice versa is the result of that play in the holes.

[petec]

BayMoe,

I noticed the size difference that you mention.

But I would think that the clamping force of the wheel lug nuts on the tire rim, which in turn clamps the rotor to the hub would prevent it from moving. Otherwise a lot more people would be complaining of the click.