Is it ok that I installed new brake pads w/o shims?
07-31-2001, 08:15 AM
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I bought the Performance Friction Carbon Metallic pads for my car, and when I tried to install them with the old shims, they didn't fit. I compared them to my Nissan pads (which still had lots of life in them at 42,000 miles), and the PF had a shim-width plate on the back. I blue gooed them, not knowing whether it only helps when true shims are present, and popped them in.
Was this ok to do? They've not made a single sound so far.
Was this ok to do? They've not made a single sound so far.
07-31-2001, 10:32 AM
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Originally posted by Murphy_TX_Mike
I have them installed this way. Th only shim I used was on the inside (next to the caliper), the plate that rests on the caliper piston. I did not use the blue stuff. The Performance Frictions have the insulator molded on. If you do not hear anything, you should not have problems. Be sure to reinsatall the springs that force the pads apart.
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I have them installed this way. Th only shim I used was on the inside (next to the caliper), the plate that rests on the caliper piston. I did not use the blue stuff. The Performance Frictions have the insulator molded on. If you do not hear anything, you should not have problems. Be sure to reinsatall the springs that force the pads apart.
Mike
If rotor warpage occurs from hot pads causing the rotor to cool at a slower rate under the pads, then I'd think these springs really make a difference in rotor life, helping them to cool uniformly by keeping the pads away when parked.
07-31-2001, 11:42 AM
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I did the same with the PF in the back.. the bendix titatiums in the front came with their own shim that had self stick adhesive on them - that may or may not squeek slightly when i brake. I've had other pads that would make the entire block look up and see - so this ever so ofter minor squeel is nothing 
BUT i probably wont use shims at all next time.
BUT i probably wont use shims at all next time.
07-31-2001, 12:07 PM
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Originally posted by Maxwell
I bought the Performance Friction Carbon Metallic pads for my car, and when I tried to install them with the old shims, they didn't fit. I compared them to my Nissan pads (which still had lots of life in them at 42,000 miles), and the PF had a shim-width plate on the back. I blue gooed them, not knowing whether it only helps when true shims are present, and popped them in.
Was this ok to do? They've not made a single sound so far.
I bought the Performance Friction Carbon Metallic pads for my car, and when I tried to install them with the old shims, they didn't fit. I compared them to my Nissan pads (which still had lots of life in them at 42,000 miles), and the PF had a shim-width plate on the back. I blue gooed them, not knowing whether it only helps when true shims are present, and popped them in.
Was this ok to do? They've not made a single sound so far.
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