Had the window down today and as i was braking i heard what sounded like the pads and shims moving as i braked?

 

it stops fine and theirs plenty of meat on the pads,do they suffer with the pads slopping about in the cailper as i know some cars do?

 

I plan to take the wheels off the weekend and pull them apart for my own peace of mind.

 

any thoughts?

it could be the front suspension top links

Check that all of the shims are in and clean.

is their a service kit they sell for these?

^^^As above^^^ Check all the shims are present, IIRC there is a shim on the back of each pad plus a little springy type piece that sit on ONE corner of each pad to remove the slack as it were that your are describing - maybe that is missing - when I first bought my car, it had no shims or little springy things and made a clacking type noise when braking.

is their a service kit they sell for these?

 

Not as such but you can buy the pieces req'd from MJP - trader on here.

First check to see what you've got or not as it were before jumping in. It maybe something else.

^^^As above^^^ Check all the shims are present, IIRC there is a shim on the back of each pad plus a little springy type piece that sit on ONE corner of each pad to remove the slack as it were that your are describing - maybe that is missing - when I first bought my car, it had no shims or little springy things and made a clacking type noise when braking.

 

I get a clacking noise also - will add this to the to do list!

Should be 2 shims either side of each pad, but looking at the zcentre website, he supplies 3.

 

Plus there is the spring retainer on each corner of the pads (2)which hold the shims in place.

Ive recently changed my pads and have lost the little spring retainers and my pads do move slightly within the caliper.

sounds like thats what i may be missing, i had a look on the online manual but cant see the "springy piece"

do they come with a new pad set?

No they are part of the shim set i think, definitely dont get any with new pads.

 

They are called pad retainers http://www.300zx.co.uk/tech/manual/manual/br/012.gif

ahhh i see it now, cheers bud :)

Quick update

 

took them apart today and cleaned them put it all back and they are loads better but not 100%

which brings me to the next point, after I cleaned and adjusted and replaced and bleed them they are still sh&t !

The pedal still seems abit soft,is this how they are !

or another problem?

Did you just bleed the front brakes?

No mate I started at the passager rear

No mate I started at the passager rear

 

Did you bleed the ABS unit in the boot? common mistake to forget that.

 

Jeff TT

Did you bleed the abs unit, which is in the boot on the drivers side.

 

Paul

Ah no ! Do you have to with these ?