[Shotimes] Rear Brake Pad warning! Design defect with some pads!

[Carl Prochilo]

Both the 92 and 95 stock calipers have two indents in them to properly
mate to any of the disc pads.  Either Ford or PFCM are ones I have direct
experience with.  When you've properly rotated the caliper piston into its
fully retracted position, the indents will be at the 12 and 6 o'clock
orientation.  This will allow for the pads to properly interface with the
caliper.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Mon, July 5, 2004 10:40 pm, d.rosicke@snet.net said:
> When I tried to align it, the caliper either wouldn't fit or was too loose
> and wouldn't tighten properly with the E-brake.  These are reman calipers,
> and I don't know if they did something else to them, but I don't have any
> noises now.
>
> Dave R.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Kegel [mailto:d.kegel@comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:23 PM
> To: 'David Rosicke'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Rear Brake Pad warning! Design defect with some
> pads!
>
>
> That "tit" that you cut off is supposed to be there.  It fit's in the
> groove that is in the face of the caliper piston.  You must not have
> your piston in the proper orientation.
>
> Dave Kegel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Rosicke
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 5:41 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Rear Brake Pad warning! Design defect with some
> pads!
>
>
> I ran into an issue over the past few weeks.  The rear brakes were
> chirping and if you pressed them brakes lightly, the rear brakes clunked
> badly.  Extremely annoying, and I was concerned since I felt it wasn't
> safe.  Well, I replaced the pads (the ones on there were about 3/16"
> left with the vibration insulators falling off) and the chirping became
> worse!  After putting up with this for two weeks, I bought new rotors
> today.  As I put the new ones on, I found that the calipers didn't want
> to fit right.  I took the assembly back apart and carefully examined
> everything.  I found the 'tit' at the bottom of the brake pad was
> touching the caliper piston, preventing even contact/pressure of the
> inner pad.  I cut the 'tit' off, put everything back together and did
> not see any unevenness of the contact.
> Road test:
> No more noises - NONE!!
>
> Note:  This problem is not an issue on the outside pads, and your pad
> vendor may have already have a solution.  I did not find any vendor in
> Auto-Zone that had a large thickness vibration insulator or a no-tit
> pad.
>
> Dave R.
>
> '91+, lightly modified...
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