Front Brake Pad Shims
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:49 am
The front brake pads were starting to get thin so I replaced them with new Bosch QuietCast Premium pads ordered from Amazon (!).
https://www.boschautoparts.com/en/auto/ ... brake-pads
The pads came with a supposedly "high-tech" rubber-core shim glued on, but the shims do not have the anti-rotation tabs for the pistons stamped in them. So, I reassembled the brakes with the old shims with the tabs and the new pads with the integral shims.
Is having 2 shims per pad going to be a problem?
The brake pedal travel is a little longer right now, but I think this is due to the new pads seating in.
https://www.boschautoparts.com/en/auto/ ... brake-pads
The pads came with a supposedly "high-tech" rubber-core shim glued on, but the shims do not have the anti-rotation tabs for the pistons stamped in them. So, I reassembled the brakes with the old shims with the tabs and the new pads with the integral shims.
Is having 2 shims per pad going to be a problem?
The brake pedal travel is a little longer right now, but I think this is due to the new pads seating in.