Michael -
Your pads should NOT be clicking like this with every rotation, and if they
are, you will wear out the retaining pins.
Are you sure you don't have a broken spoke possibly? it will make that
type of noise depending on where it is broken.
alan
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Mike Garvey <r3m1g4@verizon.net> wrote:
> My front wheels make a clicking noise as I drive; it's reminiscent of my
> childhood days when I put a playing card to flap against the spokes of my
> bicycle.
>
>
>
> My tentative diagnosis is that it is the disk pads that get "pulsed" once
> every time the wheel rotates and the fit of the pads is loose enough that
> they "click". The clicking stops when I apply the brakes. Suspecting that
> perhaps the disk was the root cause (since the rolling resistance varies a
> bit as I rotate the wheel by hand), I measured the run-out of the (outside)
> surface of the disk; it measures 0.005 inches, peak-to-peak. The BMC
> manual
> says that run-out should not exceed 0.004 inches. It's not easy to measure
> the disk thickness, so I've not done that yet.
>
>
>
> The disks appear to have been replaced during the restoration (by the
> former
> owner) about 2 years ago. I recently installed the shims that Moss sells
> to
> alleviate brake squeal (which are very effective I find).
>
>
>
> Do all/most Healeys make this noise? Should I just have the disks turned?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance, Mike
>
>
>
> Michael Garvey
>
> 1967 BJ8/38046
>
> Swampscott, MA
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