I recently switch all my brakes on my '99 blazer. Two days later, I heard some clicking when i'd lightly brake. And it was all coming from the drivers side wheel. So i took it all apart again. Checked it out. made sure all my grease zerts were lubed, greases the caliper. Only thing i didnt really like is on the back of the brake pads, is a thin piece of metal, which can be lifted up if you stick your finger nail under it along the edge. Seems like something that would not only prolly cause problems, but prolly could the the source for noise. So I reapplied the blue gunk to quiet nnoises to the metal back of the brake pad again, and also slipped some under that thin metal sheet too. I replaced everything, made sure it was all tight. And After taking it out for a spin. It all seemed well. Until today, i can here a slight ticking up front, but i can here it when I'm driving. It goes away when I brake.
I've sat here and read through this forum and seen alot of issues with brakes, and s-10s in general. :banghead:What is the deal? do a simple brake job and everything falls apart like pulling a stick out of the jenga game? I've been doing my own car repairs for 10 years now. So I consider myself to be a little auto savvy. And now with this annoying ticking, and the fact gas prices are sky-rocketing. I'm ready to sell my blazer, and get rid of my payment on it and buy an old chevy pickup. Btw,my gas guage has never worked since i bought the vehicle 1.5 yrs ago. Which that could be the fuel pump, or the sender, I havnt took the time to mess with it yet.And my cat is rattling so i have to replace that, and its due for a spark plug/wires/distributor cap tune up. Which I'd rather take a bath in boiling oil than change spark plugs in the blazer. Just frustrating. I like the blazer. Its smooth, a good ride, and a sharp looking rig, but geez.. Am I gonna start having things go wrong with it on a regular basis now that it has over 100,000 miles on it?

Those meatl shims were to quiet noise instead of the blue permatex. Did you correctly install the metal clips on the pad ends, turn the rotors, and grease the slide pins? Worn hubs (1 piece) can cause noise if they are going bad cause the caliper mount is on the steering knuckle so a slight wobble in the hub and the caliper moves. Usually if you did the rotors and greased everything the noise goes away after a few hundred miles or some break in on the new pads. How about the lower ball joints - those are a must replace on a 4wd Blazer by 100k so grease them up and see if that helps alittle.

As to the rears - hope you got rebuilt calipers cause those rears are single piston light weight crap and always bind up. The rear slide pins are critical to grease or they will make noise and destroy the rear rotors if they do not properly slide.

The sender and pump are 1 unit and dropping the tank is a pain. Pump around $250-350 just for the part.

push your dust shields back a bit.

This is what was causing my clicking.

push your dust shields back a bit.

This is what was causing my clicking.

Happens to almost every brake job I do. Now I just give em a shove for the hell of it.

Usuall hold the dust shield at 5 and 7 o'clock and give it a couple of good shoves back.