I believe those are anti-rattle springs/clips. When I got new EBC pads, half of those were loose so I just took them off. I took that advice from my grease monkey friend that was helping me with the installation.what are these pins on the front for?
I thought that is what they were for...Has anyone ever had a problem with them pins popping off so easy?The hooks retract the pad so they wont hang up on the rotor
Aren't the springs on the stock pads?I just replaced my stock rotors with Power Slots and used HAWK HPS Carbon pads. When I got the new pads in, one one side of the pins were on so I tried putting them on and no matter what I did, they popped off every time I installed the pad. I called American Muscle and they sent out a new set of pads. When I got the new replacement pads, all the pins were attracted to the pad but when I tried to install the outer passenger pad, one of the pins kept popping off. Some how I managed to keep it on while installing the pad...what are these pins on the front for?
Yes they are and when I took off the stock pads, I could not remove those pins from the pads...Aren't the springs on the stock pads?
I too had 2 sets and I was able to take the one good pad I had from my first batch and use that one but that one popped off to...I think this is the last time i go with Hawk Pads....it sure is a bad headache when the parts you are replacing aredefective....About a year or more back I saw that Hawk was having that problem with their pads. I thought they fixed it, but it looks like they are still having some problems.
I had an old set that I got around to installing a few months ago and the clips were loose.
I had bought them from American Muscle so they exchanged them for me.
The new set also had loose clips and they sent another couple sets by the time it was all said and done.
Between the last 2 sets, I mixed and matched and got four good pads.
AMStanger/Emily took care of all that for me.
Very common issue with these style aftermarket pads. That's why I run the OEM pads on the street.
LOL, I have a set of Hawk HPS sitting on my bench. What about those slider things. I've never changed brake pads before. They weren't included w/ the new pad set.I wish I have known that before hand...Oh well....nothing I can do about it now...
If your referring to the pins/springs you should have them on the pads. Yes its easy to change the pads. I went out and bought a cordless impact wrench to make things a lot easier...LOL, What about those slider things. I've never changed brake pads before. They weren't included w/ the new pad set.
The new pads have the pins/springs on them. I was talking about the guide pins I guess. A thin metal slider thing. LOLIf your referring to the pins/springs you should have them on the pads. Yes its easy to change the pads. I went out and bought a cordless impact wrench to make things a lot easier...
Yeah my EBC pads sing for me when I slowly coast to a stop.Every time I switch over to high performance pads be it on a motorcycle which I have gone through at least a 1000 sets of pads or a car I remove all of the OEM anti rattle parts.
The downside is that the pads can make a crapload of noise while coasting at slow speeds. And on top of that high performance pads make a ton of noise anyway.
Next is to get out on the street/pits and do 25-30 stops from 25mph using no more than 25% brake pressure. Cruising around the neighborhood is a good way of doing this. About 15 stops in you will begin to feel the pads start to bite. Once the “bit” has leveled off which is usually between 25-30 stops you have bedded them in. After that is done the car/bike needs to be parked until the pads/rotors are completely cooled off, preferably at least an hour. After the pads/rotors are cooled off I go back out and do 2-3 stops from 25mph using 25% brake pressure or until I feel them warm up and bite real good. Then a few stops from 50-60mph using 50% brake pressure and as long as they are biting good and hard a few stops from 75-80mph using…..you guessed it, 75% brake pressure. By now your eyeballs should be falling out of your head. On the bikes I don’t do the braking from 25-50-75mph “drill” after the first cooldown but the first few laps on cold tires/green track allows me to bring them up to temp slowly. If possible I let the pads/rotors cool down all the way again before I start “using” them but it is rare I get a chance to so just do it if you can.
Hope this helps.
