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I just took my rear tire off of my mountain bike that has hydraulic disc brakes (elixer5). When I put the wheel back on and started pedaling it made a clicking sound.

At first I thought it was the spokes rubbing up against something (that's what it sounded like, some metal sound). I took the tire off again and took a good look at the disc brake pads, I saw a skinny metal "r" shaped thingy leaning out in the slot where the disc would fit.

Is this where the clicking is coming from and if so how do I fix it? Please ask for any more information I couldn't think of for more clarification.

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    A picture might help here as I can't see anything R shaped on the Elixir's I have in front of me.
    – alex
    Commented Apr 20, 2014 at 7:36
  • Hmm, perhaps its part of the spring separators? Have seen those sometimes go wonky with incorrect installation.
    – deeviate
    Commented May 6, 2014 at 7:21
  • i had this happen the bolts connecting the brakes to the frame were rubbing on the rotor.
    – user14192
    Commented Oct 26, 2014 at 19:32
  • Please post a picture
    – ebrohman
    Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 4:15
  • Seth - its two years since you asked this question. Did you fix it? If so, what did you do?
    – Criggie ♦
    Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 11:05

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The metal "R" shaped piece is likely the brake return spring (#7,8 in the image below):

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If it is visible as you describe, you are likely missing a brake pad, and the spring is contacting your rotor.

You will need to find or replace the pad to fix the issue.

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  • This was it, thank you and sorry for the late reply!
    – Seth Urquhart
    Commented Oct 1, 2018 at 23:15

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