urslow Resident golf buggy drift champion Donating Members 815 Member For: 19y 7m 26d Location: Lismore NSW Posted 04/06/06 11:36 PM Share Posted 04/06/06 11:36 PM I have a 04 XR6T and my front brakes rattle and feel very slightly loose..I have been to several different ford dealers and have had the followong excuses...1. "that's normal mate they all do it" (WRONG) I haved checked other cars some do some dont.2. "Na mate theres not alot we can do if anything" 3. "There a floating caliper and they are supposed to do it" (1/2 right but they shouldnt rattle)4. "Maybe a shim kit will fix it but I doubt it" (DUNNO)5. "Oh mate its coz u took the dust guards off, that's whats done it" (WTF what a load of they are not even connected to the brakes in any way)6. "Its coz u got big wheels mate not standard" (WTF)Can anyone please tell me how FORD who made these f*ckin cars can fix my problem as they have no ideas.... One dealer was close to telling me and even said it was a known issue and ford was looking into it and said to call them in a few weeks and they may know more...I rang back and they said they didnt know what I was talking about..Im getting rather frustrated .....Any help would be appreciatedDave Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Donating Members 3,726 Member For: 19y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 05/06/06 12:25 AM Share Posted 05/06/06 12:25 AM Are the dust guards those thin bits of metal between the rim and rotors??Im thinking of taking mine off.Any in relation to your brake problem, if Ford dont know, then who the hell is spose to know. Try a brake specialist workshop and get there advice. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 19y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 05/06/06 01:10 AM Share Posted 05/06/06 01:10 AM Certainly must be a terribly frustrating situation, especially when you don't get the same answers when you go to different service centres... it makes the service guys look like idiots... and we leave with no confidence in anything they say...I don't know where you go from here, maybe to a brake specialist as stated above and then go back to Ford with their findings... Good luck with it...Jack Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urslow Resident golf buggy drift champion Donating Members 815 Member For: 19y 7m 26d Location: Lismore NSW Posted 05/06/06 01:12 AM Author Share Posted 05/06/06 01:12 AM Ill let u know what happens this arvo when I get it back....hopefully fixed.Dave Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urslow Resident golf buggy drift champion Donating Members 815 Member For: 19y 7m 26d Location: Lismore NSW Posted 05/06/06 01:14 AM Author Share Posted 05/06/06 01:14 AM Are the dust guards those thin bits of metal between the rim and rotors??Im thinking of taking mine off.Any in relation to your brake problem, if Ford dont know, then who the hell is spose to know. Try a brake specialist workshop and get there advice.←Yes that's the Dust guard... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Reaver Member 136 Member For: 20y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Syd Posted 05/06/06 01:49 AM Share Posted 05/06/06 01:49 AM Bad news on this front champ,I have been down this road before (also raised a thread here to no success) and have got nowhere with FORD at ALL :banghead:. They keep telling me the brake shims are of bad design and the clips used to hold the brake pads in place, keep loosing up causing the rattle when going over a bump. I have heard this noise on some falcons but not all. I have learned to live with it. the only options I can see are to change brakes :cussing: (ie premium from ford, more bloody money) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublek Member 333 Member For: 20y 11m 16d Location: sydney Posted 05/06/06 02:04 AM Share Posted 05/06/06 02:04 AM are you in sydney? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urslow Resident golf buggy drift champion Donating Members 815 Member For: 19y 7m 26d Location: Lismore NSW Posted 05/06/06 02:10 AM Author Share Posted 05/06/06 02:10 AM are you in sydney?←If u are talking to me ...no im in brisbaneDave Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublek Member 333 Member For: 20y 11m 16d Location: sydney Posted 05/06/06 02:16 AM Share Posted 05/06/06 02:16 AM yes I was talking to you. I asked because I had the same problem. used to drive me nuts and sounded like the front wheels were about to fall of evertime I hit anything similar to a bump.anyway, my local delaer could not fix it and I went to another dealer and they said that they knew exactly what it was. charged me $40.00 for the fix and it is still good. only rattles over major bumps now.my advice, yes there is a fix. but you have to go to the right dealer. I would look in the yellow pages and ring as many dealers as you can and ask if they know the problem. if they do, then they should be able to fix it.hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urslow Resident golf buggy drift champion Donating Members 815 Member For: 19y 7m 26d Location: Lismore NSW Posted 05/06/06 02:17 AM Author Share Posted 05/06/06 02:17 AM yes I was talking to you. I asked because I had the same problem. used to drive me nuts and sounded like the front wheels were about to fall of evertime I hit anything similar to a bump.anyway, my local delaer could not fix it and I went to another dealer and they said that they knew exactly what it was. charged me $40.00 for the fix and it is still good. only rattles over major bumps now.my advice, yes there is a fix. but you have to go to the right dealer. I would look in the yellow pages and ring as many dealers as you can and ask if they know the problem. if they do, then they should be able to fix it.hope this helps.←Thanks mate :banghead: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/25965-front-brakes-rattling/#findComment-390626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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