#1: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:39 am ---- Ok so i'm replacing our brake pads, and the pads have them little metal clips on the top and bottom..... kinda like springs...
my question is though, how the hell do you put the new pad in with these on? i can't figure it out for the life of me.... sorry if i sound like a noob but this is really p**sing me off lol
thanks
#2: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: Kersh, Location: Bridgnorth, Nr WolverhamptonPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:43 am ---- welcome to info kuushty Last edited by Kersh on Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:48 am; edited 1 time in total
#3: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: mattievrs, Location: LeicesterPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:46 am ---- WTF?
Anyway, put the pads in then you have to put the shims in with a hammer by tapping them in.Theyre a tight fit though mate.
#4: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:55 am ----
mattievrs wrote:
WTF?
Anyway, put the pads in then you have to put the shims in with a hammer by tapping them in.Theyre a tight fit though mate.
so i take the shims out, put the pads in then replace the shims? is that what they're called?? 2 metal spring type things that go through the two holes?
#5: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: mattievrs, Location: LeicesterPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:04 am ----
kuushty wrote:
mattievrs wrote:
WTF?
Anyway, put the pads in then you have to put the shims in with a hammer by tapping them in.Theyre a tight fit though mate.
so i take the shims out, put the pads in then replace the shims? is that what they're called?? 2 metal spring type things that go through the two holes?
Ahh right sorry.Are they the springs that fit on the side of the caliper? If so, put the pads into the carrier then rebolt the caliper to the carrier then put the anti rattle springs into the holes with a set of pliers.
#6: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:13 am ----
mattievrs wrote:
kuushty wrote:
mattievrs wrote:
WTF?
Anyway, put the pads in then you have to put the shims in with a hammer by tapping them in.Theyre a tight fit though mate.
so i take the shims out, put the pads in then replace the shims? is that what they're called?? 2 metal spring type things that go through the two holes?
Ahh right sorry.Are they the springs that fit on the side of the caliper? If so, put the pads into the carrier then rebolt the caliper to the carrier then put the anti rattle springs into the holes with a set of pliers.
ok i kind of get ya.... you don't by any chance have a diagram?
this is the worst brake pad change i have ever done lol....f****d one of the pistons and rounded off the brake disc screw lol....
#7: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:14 am ---- they are not spings, they are curled metal clips. put them over the pad and tap them in with a hammer.
#8: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:17 am ----
Rob2859 wrote:
they are not spings, they are curled metal clips. put them over the pad and tap them in with a hammer.
i thought they were clips...but i can't get the pads in with these on...they are the right pads, i ordered by reg number so they're the right ones...
#9: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:20 am ---- Yeah they're a royal pain sometimes to get in, and are a pretty good tight fit! Just keep at it they WILL go in..
Have you cleaned up your caliper? If not give it a quick cleanover it may help free up some of the old dirt and allow the new pad to go into position abit easier
#10: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:29 am ----
these bloody things....
#11: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:40 am ---- Aye thats the ones lol.
#12: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: ma.langan, Location: Leyland, LancashirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:48 am ---- on my old car i used to just put one in on each pad, and they fitted fine, never came off or broke.
#13: Re: brake pads - metal clips...HELP!!!! Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:17 pm ----
ma.langan wrote:
on my old car i used to just put one in on each pad, and they fitted fine, never came off or broke.
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