I recently replaced OEM brakes with Performance Friction brake pads. I left the pad guides out because they just did not seem to fit with the new pads. Everything works well,the M + W clips are in securely,and the car stops fine without any noises or vibrations. Is it OK to run the car like this? Is there any serious safety concerns by not running the pad guides? \
Do you mean caliper pins?
Or shims?
You call the M & W springs "clips", so I'm not sure what you mean by "guides".
You may get away w/o shims, except for some noise & corrosion, but not w/o much else.
Rob
The guides are 3/4 inch by 1/2 inch plates that go on the tips of the back plate for the calaper.one on the top tip and one on the bottom tip.
"trainfan1" wrote
On Jun 26, 4:23 pm, "MasterBlaster" > "guides".
It is exactly the link you have after Specifically
Specifically,
In the Mazda Protege repair manual I was looking at (that had the exact same brake setup they called the parts in question pad guides.
Ahhh, they may start rattlin', then, or clunkin' when changing direction, but it sounds like they're tight now.
Rob
Thanks.
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