996 Turbo — Brake Pad Replacement & SmarTire Installation / PAGE 9
If you want to re-use the old clips, it is probably a good idea to · reproduce the adhesive effect of the originals. I used this o
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If you want to re-use the old clips, it is probably a good idea to
reproduce the adhesive effect of the originals. I used this old
tube of Permatex Ultra-copper High Temp Silicone Gasket
compound - just smear a thin layer where the old stuff was. I
did this one out of the caliper to make the photo, but it is then a
little tricky to get them back into place without getting adhesive
on the rotor or caliper. A little won't hurt anything, but an
alternative (and what I usually do) is to put a little of the goo on
a gloved finger tip and apply it with the anti-rattle clip already in
place. I guess it depends on whether you have skinny
fingers......
If you're installing race pads, they are going to squeak
whatever you do. You can leave the anti-rattle clips out
entirely. The noise on the street is deafening - but on the
track, who cares? If you need to drive with the pads on the
street, the anti-rattle clips DO help. I managed to get about
300 miles on the race pads after running them on the track
before the started to squeak.
Step 10 - Install Pads, Pad Retaining Spring, Pad
Retaining Spring Retaining Pin
Assembly is pretty much the reverse of the steps you already
did.
Note the orientation of the pad retaining spring so that the strain
relief clip for the low pad sensor wires is toward the bottom.
You will have to hold it down to get the pin in. Remember to
align the pin so that the hole for the little clip is facing out.
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