Brake caliper noise

Jack the front up and grab the wheel. Wiggle it up, down, left, right and Check for play

 

^^^solid advice.

 

Sorry to say but OEM calipers would take care of that problem.

 

Just did this today no play, had that issue changes the hubs and that was fixed.Bearings are new so thats not my problem.

How so? stock vs. aftermarket, stock are weaker and less pistons idk how people think stock is better i have seen videos on youtube with people with stock everything and still getting the same noise. In my opinion this is better than stock and if anything safer because i have better braking power.

 

This is my setup, everyone saying OEM calipers are better i disagree.

 

I am sure wildwood stuff is good for race cars and off roading and has good stopping qualities but I don't think they have the research and time put into them as do the Oem parts of any manufactor when it comes to what I would call driver comfort such as noise, pad rattle, squeaks, such as what your dealing with now. I am sure your brakes works well but wilwood probably doesn't care about your noise as Toyota would have too especially in a new car under warranty. No one would put up with that in a new car, but a race car who cares. It seems that aftermarket stuff is good but theres always some trade off somewhere to me. This is just my opinion and you know how far that goes. Hope you get it resolved.

 

>>Its a Camburg Kit with 4 piston and the rear is now disk brakes....... theres no Cvs or anything like that just wheel hubs that were just replaced. If anything this is better than OEM besides no ABS, never had an issue until now. Stock is wack <<

Okay, stock is wack.

Then howcumzit you're having problems with your aftermarket kit? (Don't bother replying, I don't really care one way or the other what you do to your truck.)

 

The OEM brake calipers are 4 piston calipers. And rear disk on our trucks don't do anything except make ease of maintenance easier. If you want better brakes, do the Tundra brake upgrade. Larger caliper and rotor gets you more braking surface which equals better braking and less heat. To me, those willwoods look like OEM calipers. There's only so much a calipers can do as far as braking hooked up to a stock system.

 

Just FYI, Toyota uses Wilwood calipers on the Lexus ISF, I've done pads and rotors on one. I'd imagine they use them on other high end Lexus vehicles as well.

 

^^^ whats with the praise for the HORRIBLE factory brakes. wilwood is quality stuff used by thousands of street cars and offroad rigs. they are standard or an option for alot of high performance oem vehichles.


did the noise start before of after changing the wheel bearing? why did you change the wheel bearing?

Honestly doesnt even sound like its the brakes in that video.

 

Because its a truck......... Everyone has problems eventually weather its stock or aftermarket nothing last forever you are going to have problems somewhere down the road only difference is stock its cheaper to fix.

I have a Ford 9" rear end with bigger calipers and rotors so the brake system isnt stock at all, besides the OEM brake booster which is going bye bye soon to.

Hmm now that you ask it did start a few weeks after I changed it. And i changed one side because I had play in the wheel hub when i jacked the truck up and grabbed the top and bottom of the wheel so I said might as well change both rather than one. I think ill take that hub completely apart this weekend and see if anything looks out of the norm.

 

Yea it sounds like a creaking bearing rather than the scraping sound of brakes.

Found a video of a guy with same issue and sound under braking for you.

https://youtu.be/vh1nPH-I9bE

 

Ya its defiantly something to check out. Weird tho that i only hear it while braking. You think that would cause my brake pedal vibration while decelerating on the freeway?

 

Me too bro

 

Did you delete the proportioning valve? Cause otherwise the front brakes are doing most of the work, which is how trucks are set up to begin with cause we have light rear ends. Also, unless the front rotor and calipers are a different size, you're really not gaining anything in the front with the willwoods. The front OEM caliper is a 4 piston caliper. I've never felt unpowered on the brakes on my Tacoma, and can't wait to do tundra front brakes. Toyota doesn't go cheap on their stuff, it's quality.

 

Ya got rid of the stock proportioning valve and put a wilwood adjustable one so I can change my brake bias front and rear.

 

I would start out with new pads and resurfaced/new rotors. OP stated that older, used pads were paired with newer rotors... they never line up right and will give you fits. Before new pads are installed, always bench sand the new pads with a sheet of 120 grit "emery cloth" until full surface contact area is achieved.

 

>>Because its a truck......... Everyone has problems eventually weather its stock or aftermarket nothing last forever you are going to have problems somewhere down the road only difference is stock its cheaper to fix.<<

I'll buy that (the part about everybody having problems down the road)! But "stock its cheaper to fix"? Not in my experience.

I hope you find the source of your noise and get it fixed though.

 

It ended up being unevenly worn pads (Although you could barley tell), new pads and the sounds gone, no more vibration in my pedal.

 

(Takes a bow) thank you, thank you ver much. Thanks for being open minded.