brake pad question
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Instructor
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Atlanta, GA
brake pad question
about to turn my car back in from lease next month - of course, the brake wear light comes on. Ordered the parts from Pelican but bought the Textar pads - which says they are OEM, and cost less than half the original Porsche pads. Anyway, I get the wheel off, and notice that the old pads have a roller on the front and back part of the pad, up at the top - my new pads do not. I put everything back together, untouched for the moment. What's up with those rollers? Any problem replacing with pads that don't have them? Thanks for your help.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Tampa
Those "rollers" are actually weights to help balance the pads to keep the squeal away. No problem not having them...what I mean is you will not hurt anything as they are just there to help dampen vibrations that cause brake pad squeal.
