strange clunking sound from front end

tsmith · 10-25-2008, 11:45 AM

i have an 07 that is making a loud clunk or pop evey time i step on the brake moving in the opposite direction i have jacked up the truck and rotated each tire independantly and both sides are making the same noise when moving the tire in opposite directions i don't believe it is the brakes any info would help

06Bluez · 10-25-2008, 01:16 PM

steering stop? grease it up maybe....

bambooshoots · 10-25-2008, 01:36 PM

I hear it too on my 05 PreRunner TRD Off Road when going in reverse.

But then a coworker who has a 98 Camry says that his car does the same thing (make a clunking noise) when going in reverse.

Probably normal.

chris4x4 · 10-25-2008, 04:46 PM

The brakes on the front have "floating" calipers. Its normal for there to be a "pop" or "Click" when backing and applying the brakes.

bambooshoots · 10-25-2008, 05:14 PM

Actually mine comes from the back end...reading compreshension is important!

chris4x4 · 10-25-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bambooshoots

Actually mine comes from the back end...reading compreshension is important!

Meh, I make the same mistakes often.

Janster · 10-26-2008, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris4x4

The brakes on the front have "floating" calipers. Its normal for there to be a "pop" or "Click" when backing and applying the brakes.

I think they're non-floating calipers. There are pistons on both sides (2005+ years).

chris4x4 · 10-26-2008, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Janster

I think they're non-floating calipers. There are pistons on both sides (2005+ years).

You are correct that they are not a floating caliper. My buddy is wrong, and a dork. I know better.
All the Tacomas (1995.5 and up) and many Toyota truks a few years older have pistons on both sides (4 piston) But there is some play in the units. I was told they were called "floating calipers", though thats not the case.
The noise is caused by the pads moveing. Most of the time your brakeing from forward directon, and the pads are resting on the forward most part of their pins. When you back up, and hit the brakes, they move to the rearward most part of their mounting causeing the "Clicking". Many Toyota cars and trucks do the same thing.

10-25-2008, 11:45 AM	#1
tsmith Junior Member Joined: Oct 2008, #10243 Location: new england Posts: 1 07 tacoma v6 trd 2007 Double Cab Automatic	strange clunking sound from front end i have an 07 that is making a loud clunk or pop evey time i step on the brake moving in the opposite direction i have jacked up the truck and rotated each tire independantly and both sides are making the same noise when moving the tire in opposite directions i don't believe it is the brakes any info would help

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bambooshoots Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008, #7645 Location: Texas Posts: 184 05 DC PreRunner TRD Off Road 2005 Double Cab Automatic 4.0L V6	I hear it too on my 05 PreRunner TRD Off Road when going in reverse. But then a coworker who has a 98 Camry says that his car does the same thing (make a clunking noise) when going in reverse. Probably normal.

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