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Rattle after brake job

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Just want to what I found regarding rattles after front brakes have been replaced. I have one of the first GJ series Mazda 6 Sport build date 11/2012. Purchased new in Feb 2013. After about 12 months my front brakes started to shudder. It was mild, and only when high speed braking. Dealer had the Rotors machined all seemed fine. Then shudder returned again, Rotors machined again. On the 3rd time I asked to have the rotors replaced under warranty which was denied. So machined again. Shudder returned and I learned to live with it for the next three years. At 131,000 km was advised to replace front and rear pads. Had it done by a brake specialist. Yep, rotors machined again. 3 months later, after having issues with the work done, the shudder returning plus added squealing brakes and also a Rattle from the Drivers front area I just could not find. Took it to a suspension place. They could not find anything wrong. But they did mention that there is a rattle. I had had enough. So I purchased new front rotors and Genuine Mazda Pads. Fitted them. Shudder and squeal gone. Happy days. This is when I realized that my front pads did not have the Anti rattle clips fitted to the pads. There were 4 of them sitting in the Mazda Brake Pad box. All this time. This rattle sounded so much like the top bearing plate of the strut starting to get noisy. But it only rattled on some sharp bumps in the road. Not all of them. Just some. It would not rattle when braking though. I was even contemplating removing the strut and replacing the bearing at one stage.
Look sorry for a long Post. I had many months of trying to work out what this damn rattle was. The answer 4 Anti Rattle clips. One fitted top side of each Pad.
Hope this helps the next Mazda owner with a weird rattle.
So you’re saying there is no rattle with the clips removed? Correct. You did not put them back on did you?
 
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