Rattling Rear Breaks

[tsrjs]

Since I bought my Lex there has been a rattling noise coming from the back beaks, I have now had the pads replaced with original Lexus pads but the rattle is even worse.

On inspection it is quite obvious that the pins that pass threw the holes in the pad appear to be to thin as you can get hold of the pads and move them about recreating the noise.

What do I need to do to sort this out?

[simonskippy]

I would take the car back into the dealer point out the loose pins and get them to sort it, I haven't heard of anyone else having this problem, but I may be wrong

Si

[faz1020]

Hi

I had the same problem and took it to several garages and none of them knew what it was and it was doing my headin, so, one day Idecided to take the back wheel off and see what it could be, and you know what it was?

The rear pads were lose when the handbrake is not applied and the pads are hitting on the rear brake discs, when you go over a ramp or on an uneven road surface you hear the rattling sound.

Get the rear pads sorted, what I did is, I took the pads out and placed a small think peice of metal behind the pad and I don't hear the rattle no more.

Cheers

Faz

[flotsam]

The pads should be loose enough to move (obviously) but there shouldn't be so much play that they rattle about too much.

Typically, disc brakes should look as though the pads are touching the disc all the time when in fact there's a very small gap ONLY.