Have had a serious noise coming from offside rear, though it was the disc guard, removed wheel to find these screws rattling around between the disc & guard:

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They look like the shim springs off the caliper 2006 MY Autobiography. With 'toys'
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Aha, father in law recently replaced the pads, what do they do?

They stop the pads from shifting about under braking - sometimes causing squeking - there are holes on the side of the pads where they go in, push the in with pliers and twist to lock them in place.  2006 MY Autobiography. With 'toys'
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TJF by the way for anyone who knows what that means.

They are the pins and springs that hold the handbrake shoes in place. Number 11 and 12 in the picture below.

wow - you see Im always impressed at answers on here and the knowledge people have and the way the answer is clearly presented. Good post.

I meant shoes when I said pads....  2006 MY Autobiography. With 'toys'
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TJF by the way for anyone who knows what that means.

Last edited by trafpol on 25th Aug 2011 5:59pm. Edited 1 time in total

guess the father in law is in the chair for the beer for a week or two then..  Current: TDV8 (3.6) RRS HSE



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The scraping noise is caused by the brake shoes rubbing against the disc as the pins are not there to hold the shoes against the backplate. You need to have them fitted as soon as possible before further damage and expense occurs.

You may find the hole in the backplate where the pins go through have corroded and the pins won't stay in place. If this is the case just buy a couple of retainer cups as seen in the picture below and fit them behind the backplate

Right, sounds as though they could have fallen out due to corrosion as there would be no reason to go near these for pad replacement? Do you nee to take the disc off to access the backplate?

Last edited by Mr Tee on 25th Aug 2011 6:12pm. Edited 1 time in total

If he only changed the pads it will not be his fault, the handbrake shoes have to be accessed by removing the discs.

My bet is the holes on the backplate are corroded

Thanks , going in for MOT on Monday, hopefully get the use of their 4 poster to get this fixed! for the great pool of knowledge on here!

Mr Tee wrote:

Thanks , going in for MOT on Monday, hopefully get the use of their 4 poster to get this fixed!

Won't pass without it being fixed

Fingers crossed, we'll get the use of a lift pre-mot, if not, car off road!