Those pad-sized shims on brake pads... they do what?

i had this problem with my early '02 wrx.. the autozone recommended pads needed ground, i ended up going with something different, maybe pads for an outback or forester, i don't remember exactly. my brothers later '02 did not have this problem and the AZ pads fit fine...

You guys are going to make me re-disassemble these just to take pictures of what I ground, aren't you?

Anders

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

No, you're going to draw us a picture in MSPaint!

just show us with mspaint using these as your base

Wow. All I gotta say is "yikes!" on the shim thing.



Bob LaFavor
#627

The stack of shims i removed from the 300zx 4-pot calipers on my gf's Silvia seem to have also been serving to cushion brake engagement. Kind of like the marcel spring in a clutch disc. Without the shims, the brakes were pretty grabby at low speed, and you could actually come to a gentle stop with so little brake effort that the brake lights didn't come on. When I finally found all the shims and put them back on, it was much easier to drive and the brake lights served a purpose again...

-Dave