R8 rear brake pad rattle
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I think this may be a common problem. There is a pipe leading to the back brakes that rattles against the bodywork. I encountered it ages ago and took me a while to find and when I posted about it a few others had the same problem and couldn't find the location. It's a rear wheels off job and was the passenger side left side of the wheel arch. Start by just lightly pinging the tubes towards you with your finger. You will soon see which one it is if this is the issue. Fixes vary buy my stick pads with cable ties didn't last 5mins. Drill a hole in something nearby and cable tie is the best long term fix and got rid of mine and many others rattling problem.
now lee that's really spooky because there's a black steel tubing pipe which I think is the brake line that runs up and bends around a corner which when pulled it springs back and forth and is one of my rattles I'd cable tied it and that sorted that one
But the pad Rattle is defiantly still there Also the heat shield above the back boxes both sides judder over bumps and I'd self tapped them flat that solved that ok
But the pad Rattle is defiantly still there Also the heat shield above the back boxes both sides judder over bumps and I'd self tapped them flat that solved that ok
Edited by r8black on Monday 21st April 21:58
I had exactly this on my old R8. It sounded like I had a set of ladders on the roof as I went over bumps in the road as the pads were making so much noise. The rattle goes away if you lightly ride the brake pedal. Very annoying.
Had shim kit fitted from MF (a set of sticky pads with a GM label on the box) and the problem went away, but only for about 24hrs before it started again on the rear brakes. Same symptoms in that the rattle entirely goes away if you lightly touch the brake pedal.
The full fix for me was to remove the shim kit from the rear callipers, clean them out and have them re-fitted to the top of the calliper instead of the bottom, this way the pad rests on the calliper as normal and she shim kit just takes up the excess room between the top of the pad and the top of the calliper. The front brakes seemed fine with the shim kit installed in the normal way with the sticky pads stuck to the bottom of the callipers for the pads to sit on.
Strangely, this same problem has now developed on my E3 VXR8 GTS even though it still has the original discs and pads which haven't been changed from new... I haven't figured out if it's the front or rear pads/callipers yet, or if it's both, but I'm considering trying the shim kit again.
Hope this helps.
Had shim kit fitted from MF (a set of sticky pads with a GM label on the box) and the problem went away, but only for about 24hrs before it started again on the rear brakes. Same symptoms in that the rattle entirely goes away if you lightly touch the brake pedal.
The full fix for me was to remove the shim kit from the rear callipers, clean them out and have them re-fitted to the top of the calliper instead of the bottom, this way the pad rests on the calliper as normal and she shim kit just takes up the excess room between the top of the pad and the top of the calliper. The front brakes seemed fine with the shim kit installed in the normal way with the sticky pads stuck to the bottom of the callipers for the pads to sit on.
Strangely, this same problem has now developed on my E3 VXR8 GTS even though it still has the original discs and pads which haven't been changed from new... I haven't figured out if it's the front or rear pads/callipers yet, or if it's both, but I'm considering trying the shim kit again.
Hope this helps.
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