tallahasseegreys Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I'm going to do pads and rotors all around soon. I've been reading the maintenance section, and I'm a bit confused about the whole shim thing for the rear brakes.From Bay13:"Generally if you had shims then clean them up and use them again, if you have cut out shims do not use them with the new pads get part # 1359772"If I have shims, how do I know if they are cut out or not? Can I just simplify all this by getting the ones with built in shims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceenit Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Basically, the message in that you will want to ensure that you install shims. It will go a long way to preventing brake squeel.The cut out shims are made of a fiberous material and have usually decayed to the point that they are not reusable. Other shims however are metal and/or ruberised coating over the metal. These are often reusable unless they were messed up in the nstall/deinstall process.To save the entire headache, yes, just buy shims with your new pads. They are very inexpensive and will save you time and headache of cleaning old ones off before the reinstall.Don't forget to use anti-squeale compound as well as an extra measure of precaution against squeaks.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partsguy Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I've always used the Permatex spray - Disc Brake Quiet with good results, is this an acceptable anti-squeal coating for use on the 850's?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 "Permatex spray"???? Junk!!! All you should ever put on brake pads is grease. There are a # of grease products out there, "sli glyde" etc. Never use anything that "Glues" the pads in, using that stuff just tears apart the caliper boot allowing water in to rust the works. This stuff was developed for people like Midas so they can keep the cheap metallic pads quiet and sell more calipers. If you use the right pad use the right grease.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 "Permatex spray"???? Junk!!! All you should ever put on brake pads is grease. There are a # of grease products out there, "sli glyde" etc. Never use anything that "Glues" the pads in, using that stuff just tears apart the caliper boot allowing water in to rust the works. This stuff was developed for people like Midas so the can keep the cheap metallic pads quiet and sell more calipers. If you use the right pad use the right grease..:tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceenit Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 I've had good experience with CRC-Anti squeal compound. It turns into a ruberized coating to absorb vibration that causes the sqeaks.If you allow to dry properly on the shim and back of pad, you should not have any issue with it sticking or acting like glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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