My Libby has had a clicking noise that is in the front end for a while. It sort of sounds like a bad CV. The noise stays the same regardless of the wheel turning direction and goes away when I hit the brakes. I crawled under it this weekend and the CVs look good. There are no tears or grease coming out of them. There was no play in the wheel bearings. I've read that sometimes the center caps can create this problem. But the threads never specify if they have aluminum or steel wheels. Does it happen with both or just one of them. I've also read that there is a bushing or spacer in the brake calpiers that makes this sound also. Is it the anti rattle plates on the back of the brakes or something else? I'm leaning more towards the brakes because it's been making the noise for a while now. What do you think?

The loose center-cap thing is usually only when you're going slowly (otherwise centripetal acceleration makes it go away). You can slap a couple pieces of masking tape across them to help hold them in place and see if the noise goes away.

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Thanks for the tip. I will try that and hopefully that will take care of it.

More than likely if the noise is going away when you apply the brakes you have found the issue. Get a look at and or replace the brake caliper mounting hardware kit which is more than likely the culprit of said noise. The anti rattle plates you mentioned for the brake pads are shims and their more for helping the resonating of brake pads to reduce and or eliminate brake squeal but they do take up that extra space to also reduce rattles. What ever you do, do not stack shims, if your shims are worn out, replace them. If you stack shims you will get premature pad wear and or heat the brakes up causing glaze, rotor warpage or premature pad wear.