Greetings Everyone.

I was cleaning the wheels on my 2001 S60 today and found out a metal string dangling inside one of the rear wheels. After googling, I think it's called anti-rattle clip or string.

I was trying to get it back in place, so I tried to compare it with the other rear wheel. To my surprise, it was not there on the other wheel at all.

About 6 months ago, I did replace the brake rotors/pads with brand new ones at the Midas.

So my questions are:

1) how important is this anti-rattle clip/string thing? does it affect braking/safety of the car?

2) do you guys think Midas had anything to do with them being issing/loose if replacing brake roter/pads wasn't done right?

3) i am thinking about buying them from the dealers parts department and fix it myself. is it really as easy as using a pryer and some brute force to put them in place?

thanks a lot!

 

Just a quick update: Midas replaced with 2 new clips free of charge without admitting anything. Not bad.