Well, after 2 weekends spent disassembling, cleaning, replacing pads, clips, springs, shims, lubing caliper pins, etc., trying to get rid of the brake thump on my '96, it's still there. However, I've done some more digging. In an effort to isolate front or rear components, I tried using the hand-brake only. Forward or reverse, pulling on it hard, no thump. Touch the brake pedal, "thump". I've also noticed that after braking, hearing the thump, and coming to a stop, I sometimes hear the thump as the nose of the car comes back up/tail goes down. I'm blazing into new ground for myself here, but any chance it may be a sway bar or end link bushing loading/unloading? Or something else in the suspension? Being a shade tree mechanic that just likes to wrench on my car, I appreciate any insight.
glenn