arcteryx
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I apologize in advance for this, should this have been in a previous thread. I did a quick search, and did not find anything.
I ordered some pads from Dan last week. I am in the middle of changing my front brakes. The FSM shows an anti-sqeal shim and inner anti-squeal shim between the rotor and the pad. My old pads seem to be aftermarket, as it looks like a small tack is holding a shim to the pads. weird. Anyway, I cannot get this off the old pad, and I am not sure I want to given the condition. I am thinking the OEM shims may have been tossed out for the aftermarket pads? Can I put the brake pad on without the shims, making it touch against the rotor directly? Or, should I call Dan up tomorrow and order the shims? This is my first time changing the 80's pads, so I want to ask the more experienced people what is the correct and safest option to go. If the latter, I will need to put the old pads back on, as my wife needs the car in the AM. They would last another couple of days.
Again, I apologize for not performing a full search- I normally do before I post a question. I just need to put the 80 back in service tonight.
Thanks.
-a
I ordered some pads from Dan last week. I am in the middle of changing my front brakes. The FSM shows an anti-sqeal shim and inner anti-squeal shim between the rotor and the pad. My old pads seem to be aftermarket, as it looks like a small tack is holding a shim to the pads. weird. Anyway, I cannot get this off the old pad, and I am not sure I want to given the condition. I am thinking the OEM shims may have been tossed out for the aftermarket pads? Can I put the brake pad on without the shims, making it touch against the rotor directly? Or, should I call Dan up tomorrow and order the shims? This is my first time changing the 80's pads, so I want to ask the more experienced people what is the correct and safest option to go. If the latter, I will need to put the old pads back on, as my wife needs the car in the AM. They would last another couple of days.
Again, I apologize for not performing a full search- I normally do before I post a question. I just need to put the 80 back in service tonight.
Thanks.
-a