Backing plates on brake pads?
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Backing plates on brake pads?
Are they necessary? I was installing new pads last night and just can't get the plates on one side installed. So I left them out and hoped after a day or so I can put them back in.
Will this affect my car's braking ability?
Thanks in advance.
Will this affect my car's braking ability?
Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by OneManArmy
In my experience it's not going to kill anything. They do help with squeal reduction though. But don't listen to me...some monkeys know more about it than I do.
I don't care about the squeal as long as I can live through a track event (this Thursday). Keeping my fingers and toe crossed...
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Originally Posted by teamipr
Keeping my fingers and toe crossed...
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Originally Posted by Lorry
Out of curiosity, was it the plate that wouldn't fit on the pad, or the complete assembly wouldn't fit back in the caliper?
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Originally Posted by TunerSTI
hahaha, you'll live through your track event, it will be very noisy though, had a friend with an evo that lost his backing plates, drove the car daily, and it sounded like nails on a chalkboard through a megaphone
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Originally Posted by teamipr
So the inside pads on both front brakes have no plates.
Copper-based anti-sieze, in moderation, on the calipers, pins, sliding points, and all pad contact points FTW.
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were they just not allowing you to put the caliper back on (as in the pads sticking out too far)? Most likely the pistons just needed to be pushed in a little more (they were a ***** when I did my pads)
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