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Re: [Mgs] brake pads

To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] brake pads
From: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:30:33 -0500
They are not handed. but there is definitely less clearance on the inner
side.


On Jun 10, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Dan DiBiase wrote:

> Hmm, if that were the case for the regular pads, I guess mine (basic
OEM-style pads) would have been handed as well but I don't recall that
> being the case and mine fit just fine - unless I got lucky and just happened
to put the pouters and inners in the correct spots....
>
> Dan D
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> From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>; MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, June 10, 2011 4:03:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] brake pads
>
> Sounds like the V8 pads or callipers.  They have 'handed' pads in that the
inner is different to the outer on each calliper, and of course there was the
time I bought a set to find three inners and one outer ...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > It seems the Classic Gold pads I bought don't fit. I forced them in enough
to
> > get the cotter pin in and figured it would seat itself correctly, but no,
it
> > didn't, the inside pads got stuck, and wouldn't move in the caliper.
Measuring
> > they are a good .02-.03 inches wider than the stock pads I pulled out.
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