civic vti brake rattle

is it possible that someone changed the calipers to a bigger size?

i did have the calipers replaced (recon ones) about 6 months ago and replaced them with aftermarket pads no rattles then, why now?

Is it possible that an independent garage did the work and replaced major parts, with just slightly different sized ones, or left off 'minor' pieces, or used aftermarket pads that are just 'slightly' different from factory pads?

i got recon honda calipers and genuine honda pads with all shims and plates put on

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.co.uk wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

Do your calipers have the anti-rattle spring still in them? This spring is made of sheet stainless steel. When you install the caliper, the spring must be compressed (you need to push down on the caliper) before you can put the caliper mounting bolts into the pins.

If the spring is missing or deformed, it will not clamp the pads down and the pads will rattle. I have also seen the ends break or wear off the springs, to the same effect.

The good part about this is that the rattle shows your caliper pistons are obviously working correctly!

Tegger wrote in news:Xns99B8DDD48AC2Ftegger@207.14.116.130:

I forgot to say: it looks kind of like a bent I-beam. (If yours look like mine; you don't say what year your car is.)

dont know about that but i will check it out, garage did mention that the pads should have a clip or something to puull both pads together around the disc, thanks for the info!!!!

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.co.uk wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com:

Not "pull the pads together", but push them down onto the bracket. They bear from the top, not the sides.

If that spring is missing or broken, you'll get all kinds of noise.