blueyedbiker Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 ...anti rattle springs.There'd been an irritating rotational clack from the Hi Spec Ultralite 4 front calipers caused by overly large holes in the Mintex 1144 pads and badly fitting anti rattle springs. Solved by grinding down the edge of the backplate and a judicious bending of the springs, managing to snap one in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Are the springs part of the caliper or the pad supply ? If caliper, give HiSpec in Dartford a call. I have the same calipers, and don't recall springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyedbiker Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 Good question. As the springs were a poor fit on the back plate I would assume that the springs are a Hi Spec product, you'd expect Mintex to supply springs that actually fit although the guy at Hi Spec did say there's a lot of variation in manufacture. In order to get the springs to clip on to the back plate I had to grind off some off the thickness of the back plate and then the "arms" of the springs were nowhere near the pins hence the need for some "re-profiling". Seems to have worked, all quiet at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyedbiker Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 Picture gives an idea of how the springs fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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