Spoon Twin Block - Clicking noise


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I need your technical support.
I already installed a new Spoon Twin Block brake calipers (P/N: 45020-DCR-G00) on my DC2 Honda Integra Type-R.
I am using OEM Honda brake pads. Yesterday I experienced clicking noise from front brakes in Reverse and on bad road conditions; I have checked brakes – Result: the gap between OEM brake pad and orifice of caliper is 1.2 mm. This gap allows moving (up-down, in-out) for brake pads.

I measured the diameter of OEM Honda pads, this is 14.8 mm. The orifice of caliper’s diameter is 15.1 mm (including shim).
Do I have to use OEM Honda caliper’s shims in Spoon calipers?

I’m thinking to buy Spoon brakes pads (P/N: 45022-DC2-000).
What is the diameter of Spoon brake pads – more then 14.8 mm?

Thanks for your help.:thanks:
 
i think its because the spoons have no dust caps thus making the lil gap. i think(now im not 100%) that the oem calipers dust cap will do the trick
 
The clicking sound is due to the brake pad moving...........some brake pads having 2 spots that stick out that would push against the 2 bolts (that 2 both are what you took off to remove or install new pad).
 
The pads move about in the calipers with spoon calipers

-This is not due to there being no dust seals
-This is not due to different brands of pads

The calipers have pad retaining pins, but do not have retaining springs, the springs keep a constant pressure on the pads to prevent them moving

The reasoning behind this is that they are designed as race calipers i.e no dust seals, they are designed to allow movement of the pads for cooling purposes

:blinx:
 
stevenEK9 said:
The pads move about in the calipers with spoon calipers

-This is not due to there being no dust seals
-This is not due to different brands of pads

The calipers have pad retaining pins, but do not have retaining springs, the springs keep a constant pressure on the pads to prevent them moving

The reasoning behind this is that they are designed as race calipers i.e no dust seals, they are designed to allow movement of the pads for cooling purposes

:blinx:
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thats what i said
 
Fin, no it's not......

Dust seals don't stop pads from moving about, race calipers don't have dust seals as they will work more efficiently with just the piston seals as long as they are kept clean and serviced, dust seals are fitted to road car calipers just as the name sugests to keep dust/dirt from penetrating to the caliper seals thus increasing service life which you want to maximise on commercial vehicles

OEM calipers have a spring which applies pressure to the top radiused surface of the pads at 2 points per pad, these "retaining springs" retain the pads in position, stopping them from moving/making noise etc

You said "i think(now im not 100%) that the oem calipers dust cap will do the trick"

Oem dust seals are huge, obviously since oem calipers use a single piston and slider assembly, spoon calipers use 4 pistons, one small / one bigger per half of the caliper, thus the oem dust seal is FAR to big to consider retrofitting. the spoon calipers use a smaller leading piston to distribute the braking force more evenly across the pad surface to maximise performance

:nerv:

But yes the noise is normal, I have ran spoon calipers for adges now and there is no adverse affects to this movement, i.e it doesn't put any added stress onthe pads themselves
 
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i was meessin steve lol, good ol irish humour:D
 
Figured as much :lol:

Although guess it explains this a bit more, does sound a bit broken at first until you get used to it
 
So I don't have to worried about clicking noise, because it's NORMAL?
Do I need Spoon brake pads?
 
No worries, basically........

ANY pad you use will rattle some amount

It is completely normal, the movement there is to allow the pads to cool better
 
But you can "avoid" the noise using the OEM spring's caliper, as a lot of people has done, can't you Steven?

Sorry, couldn't find the post where i got the pics from, but those were posted by Jugbuz

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Yeah you can retrofit the springs in

Personally I wouldn't bother, the calipers are designed to allow for movement for a reason
 
ADRi said:
But you can "avoid" the noise using the OEM spring's caliper, as a lot of people has done, can't you Steven?

Sorry, couldn't find the post where i got the pics from, but those were posted by Jugbuz

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Been searching all over for these pics.... anyone got them saved?
 
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