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Installed Powerstop calipers, now my brakes click at low speeds

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by yoyoboydoag, Sep 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM.

  1. Sep 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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    yoyoboydoag

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    I was able to identify the click is from the brake pad moving up and down. I could easily recreate this if I lift my truck up, spin the wheel and stop it. I was missing the butterfly/rattle stop clips. After I installed, I couldn’t recreate the issue by hand. But sure enough, I take it for a test drive and it sounds the same! At low speeds when I brake it’s just CLICK! Just 1 click. I know it’s those brake pads moving probably. Anyone else have these issues?

    OEM Toyota Brake pads
    Powerstop red calipers

    did not ever have this issue with my OEM calipers, but they broke.

    brakes are tight and work great, but it sounds so bad and loud.
    Thank you all.
     
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    Normal. My 2015 does it, always has. Has 180k miles. Low speed, usually hear it in a parking lot or in the driveway.
     
  3. Sep 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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    does yours have 2 clips in as well? For example
    upload_2025-9-3_19-33-0.jpg
     
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    Let me guess, you back out of the driveway, put it in drive and start going forward, the first time you touch the brakes you hear it?

    If yes that is normal. On these fixed calipers the pads are supposed to be able to shift around a bit. When they can't shift around thats when you'll get problems with the pads overheating and getting glazed
     
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    Yea exactly. It’s not only the first time I brake though. Pretty much on demand whenever I tap the brakes going 5-30mph. Wonder why these make noise but OEM calipers don’t.
     
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    The calipers might have been "widened out" too much in the space where the pads abut. Like, they go to scrape the rust off and get down to bare metal and go too far.

    Powerstop is just buying reman calipers from the same places as o'reilly or Napa and then paint them red. Reman calipers are notorious for being less than 100%

    If it bugs you I'd try different calipers
     
  7. Sep 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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    Yes
     
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    I did the 4R conversion and my pax front has done it since day one. Not sure why. Drives me crazy. Only does it few mph rolling up to a stop.
     

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