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Old 09-11-06, 03:37 PM   #216 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TEQ
Dove into my calipers this morning and I have a few questions. Never done brakes before so....

1) The old pads have thin metal backing plates on them. My new ones do not. Am I supposed to move the plates from the old ones and somehow glue them to the new ones? Or are the new ones good to go?
I didn't notice anyone answering this, so I'll try.

For my '88 4Runner I used to only buy OEM pads... and Toyota offered a type of anti squeak kit to go with them. It might have been listed as a shim kit... I don't recall for sure, thats just what name comes to mind. Looked just like the thin metal pads in your photo. I always bought the optional kit, and never had brake squeaking problems.

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