Is brake clunk a way of life with these trucks?

Ahhh man.....now we have arguments erupting between helpful posters. I’m gonna have to pull my wheels today and see for myself.

 

Do it!



Regardless, brake noise fluid should solve it.

 

I never claimed they did more than retain them. However on my truck, and likely others. The holes for the retaining pins becomes worn out so the pads can move excessively. Aside from movement that matches the rotation of the rotor, my pads also have other movement, in and out, side to side, so on.

Perhaps my verbiage was poor, but I don’t personally think I was wrong with what I stated.

 

Still no. Sorry!

They simply stop up / down motion. They are not able to resist anything else.

Side to side is resisted by the pistons and rotors. Fore and aft is the caliper itself.

Like you said, they can wear from pad motions, but not likely anything to worry about for the life of the Taco. The ones on my bike at 115,000mi with the springs removed for most of the for other reasons have negligible wear.


Good discussion though.

 

Doddodod

 

It’s less of a discussion and more of you attempting to prove things wrong that I never claimed in the first place.

Sorry that again my message was evidently lost between me typing it and you reading it.

The noise comes from multiple sources, but the holes being larger than stock, as well as small amounts of material being worn off of the brake backing pad (where it contacts the caliper body) all attribute to the noise. The movement is there from the factory however the tolerances are tighter therefore the pad doesn’t have as much room to move, hence the noise being much less/non-existent.

 

Add a second set of spring retainer clips to each caliper. It’s as simple as that. It clinks because the pads shift inside the caliper when you change directions and hit the brakes.

 

@Stocklocker,
I get the same on my truck. And just as you’ve described.... only when you change directions.

 

My tundra did that with aftermarket pads. Had to go back for the toyota ones...no more clunk.

 

Okie dokie.