5th Gen T4R Contact List / Recovery Team / You broke what?!?!

[mrvandelay]

Who is going to take ownership of this thread now that brock has rolled out?

 

[thejuice]

I'm not sure how fast y'all are moving when you are backing up and braking, but there is a chain hanging through the center of the spare tire. Perhaps you are hearing this strike the rim?? Try securing that chain a little and see if your sound goes away.

for me, ~5mph. I forgot about the chain. The noise happens while the vehicle is still moving, not as it stops. Although I never really thought about it, the truck has enough crawl speed that when I'm in reverse on flat ground I almost never use the throttle... what I'm getting at is that I don't think the truck gets jostled enough to swing the chain very much. Just to be sure though, I'll zip tie it down.

This is the source of the clank sound you guys are talking about. I had this same issue in my 08 FJ and after we changed the brake pads and re greased the parts the sound went away, but it did eventually come back.

I guess I'll pull the pads out and relube them at 15k when I rotate my wheels. If it's just the pads shifting I'm not worried, but I'd like to get the noise figured out before warranty is up.


thanks for the help guys!

 

[nashman69g]

Marshall/ nashman69g / pm for contact info / New Orleans area, LA / I'll try to help when and how I can.

 

[brockeverly]

Updated!

Who is going to take ownership of this thread now that brock has rolled out?

I am still around, I have no problem dropping in to update it as needed :frog: