Brake Pad Vibration Dampeners
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Brake Pad Vibration Dampeners
Getting ready to do my first brake job on my '03 X50 Turbo and am wondering how important it is to buy new front brake pad dampeners and rear brake pad spiders? Can I just pry the old ones off the old pads and use them on the new pads? The shop manual says to use new everything of course (retaining pin and bracket, dampeners, etc.).
I'm already up to over $900 in parts (rotors and pads) and this would add another several hundred dollars.
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I'm already up to over $900 in parts (rotors and pads) and this would add another several hundred dollars.
Thanks
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Getting ready to do my first brake job on my '03 X50 Turbo and am wondering how important it is to buy new front brake pad dampeners and rear brake pad spiders? Can I just pry the old ones off the old pads and use them on the new pads? The shop manual says to use new everything of course (retaining pin and bracket, dampeners, etc.).
I'm already up to over $900 in parts (rotors and pads) and this would add another several hundred dollars.
Thanks
I'm already up to over $900 in parts (rotors and pads) and this would add another several hundred dollars.
Thanks
Jon
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I stopped using after my first brake pad change on every pcar. And at ~$150 a set it would get very expensive for us that go to the track a few times a year.
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They should still be kind of sticky after you scrape them off. You can put the dampers into the pistons, then slide in the new pads. They can't go anywhere once the pads are in place. You can also put some of that goop they sell at autozone onto the backing plates.
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Quick question: the shims have a "fat" cylinder and a "thin" cylinder attached to them. Am I correct in assuming the fat one goes into the leading piston? When I took mine out, I neglected to pay attention to how they were oriented. Thanks.
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As Dantzig said, there is only one way for them to go in. You also need to put them in FIRST and then put the goop on the backing plate and then insert the pad and clamp down. In my opinion, just not worth it. I haven't run those things in almost 8 years and RARELY have a brake squeal coming to a stop.
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As Dantzig said, there is only one way for them to go in. You also need to put them in FIRST and then put the goop on the backing plate and then insert the pad and clamp down. In my opinion, just not worth it. I haven't run those things in almost 8 years and RARELY have a brake squeal coming to a stop.
I had Boxster front brakes installed on my '87 911 and they had the dampers. Dell is right, you have to put them in before you install the pads.
Jon
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Thanks, guys. It was my intention to remove them, too, but when I did I started sounding like a poorly maintained school bus. I removed them on the rears first to no ill effect, but the fronts were another story.
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Ah, then that's probably your issue. That isn't backing plate against piston, that is sport pads not in their full operating temp. Street (non sport) pads would virtually eliminate that.