anti-rattle spring?

I'm having a problem with the rear breaks on my 88. If I put the anti-rattle springs in the break pads won't fit. Is there something you have to do? The hanes manual really does not show how they go on. The rear breaks fell apart so I never really saw how they went on.

What is an anti rattle spring? You should have the caliper, caliper bracket, rotor, and 2 pads.
Slide rotor on studs. Caliper bracket bolts to axle. Slide in the pads on each side of the rotor. Position caliper over pads and screw in the two bolts on the back of the caliper. Bleed the brakes if you had the line off. The end. If there is some sort of spring in there, it must not be necessary because I haven't had one on mine for the past 9 years.

put the pads with springs attached on the bracket and use the caliper to preload the springs as you install the slider bolts.

the springs work. without them, you can hear the pads rattling around at low speeds when the brakes are not being applied.

Is it really springs you guys are talking about? Or are you calling the aluminum shims springs? I've never had a problem with rattling without those aluminum shims.

Thanks guys I was talking about the shims.
In the hanes book they call them the anti-rattle springs

shims and anti-rattle springs are 2 different things. a shim goes between the caliper and the brake pad on the opposite side of the friction material. an anti rattle spring goes on the rear most part of the pad. it forces the pad forward. in this picture you can see them. they are attached to the pad itself on a small riveted stud.

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The shims I was talking about are the ones that go above and or/below the tops and bottoms of the outer edges of the brake pads. The aluminum guide shims go on the caliper and then the pads slide onto the caliper holding the shims in place. I don't use them, and I've never had a problem. The other kind of shims that go on the back of each pad are pretty useless in my opinion. The piston will just push out to make up the slack so what's the point? The springs that poke out the little window in the back of the caliper are very necessary and are NOT what I was talking about running without.

Are the ones that "poke" out the window the springs on the disk pads?

Originally posted by cyber-junkie:
Are the ones that "poke" out the window the springs on the disk pads?

Yes

I had the same problem, I used just one shim per wheel on bottom, seems to keep everything tight.