rrr47 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Changed the rear brake discs and pads other day with Britpart parts, on the back of the pads were these metal plates which made the pad too wide to fit the callipers. They only covered half the pad so I removed them. Questions are, are they important? Do they do any thing? Am I wrong to remove them? But as you can see I have glued them together to fashioned them into a keyring, (patent pending), which I may start selling if there is enough interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 They look like anti-squeal shims. You should be able to fit them along with the new pads. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrr47 Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 I thought that Les but they only cover half the pad resulting in the pad pushing on the disc at an angle. Even with the pistons fully retracted these metal plates made the pad too wide, even too wide for the calliper, I had new discs as well by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well, that's Britpart for you Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Given that they came from Britpart, they are probably for a different car.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Anti squealers do bias the piston one way. It's not the best way to fix the problem of high frequency chatter. If they don't squeal you don't need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Wow, you are using Bripart brake pads, you are brave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Death wish more like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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