Miles Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 When I step on the brakes in my stock 240Z I hear and feel a clunk from the brake pedal. Usually this happens just once when I first take off after being parked for awhile. I checked the front calipers and they are tight and normal. Any ideas? Thanks Miles edit The brake pedal also drops about a 1/2 inch when I hear the clunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Sounds like either a caliper or wheel cylinder is sticking for a second, then lets go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy85 Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 Dont think this is your problem based on your pedal response, but I used to have a GTI that would clunk when you first applied the brakes. I never could figure it out until I replaced the brakes on my wifes minivan. Those pads came with spacers to make up for wear in the calipers where the pads slide. The directions was to use enough shims to have minimal fore/aft play in the pads in order to prevent clunking. Basically the pads would slide forwared until they hit the calipers and make a single clunk. Cameron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted May 15, 2004 Share Posted May 15, 2004 I had the same thing happen on my old 85 200sx, and after checking evrything else I claked it up to pads shifting slighlty, just like Heavy85 said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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