Tapping sound from brakes?

[Cyborg]

Guys, I am no professional mechanic but I am no slouch either. I have noticed that my '97 has a tapping sound coming from the front end. It increases speed with increased road speed. The noise instantly goes away when I touch the brakes.

My question is what the heck in the brakes or that general area could be responsible for a tapping sound? This is not what I would expect from worn brakes which might squeal or have a rattle sound but this is a very precisely rythmic tapping sound.

Any ideas??

Larry

[Mike Hippert]

I would pull the front wheels off and have a look, see if anything is caught in the breaks. Possibly the rotor is warped.

[MDNIBTY]

Larry
You may want to check out the gas tank. Sometimes I once had a clicking sound and turns out there was a rock in my tire treads, and a zip tie was hitting the tank. You may even wants to check the wheel weights are not should be hitting the brake shields or tie rod endses.

[Cyborg]

Wheel weights could be the case....good idea!! I do not think it is likely to be warped rotor though because I would think I would feel a pulsating in the pedal right?? Brakes feel and work fine. I will check this out when I get a day off this coming Wed.

THX Larry

[MDNIBTY]

Sosa Didja fand anything? Im kurius what was makin that klickin.

[Cyborg]

No I have not...I have been too busy to actually look yet. I am not certain it is coming from the brakes themselves or not but hiitting the brakes makes the tapping go away somehow.

Larry

[evilfij]

Wheel bearings loose. Could be cv but probably wheel bearings. Jack up vehicle, shake wheel by holding at 6 and 12 and if you can wiggle it then you know what it is.

Ron

[snuffer]

Check the brake pad return springs. On my '95 Defender they are coil type springs.

I had the same problem with mine and all I had to do was stretch the springs out a little to stop the noise.