BrynO

Decided to strip the front brake pads out and clean the calipers. Oddly on one brake I have one 'vented' stainless steel shim between each pad and the caliper, but on the other brake I have 2 shims on each pad, one of which is vented the other soild. Confused... should there be one or 2 on each side? vented or solid?
Also, not sure if it matters which way around the pin retaining 'spring' plate goes, should the 'hoop' be towards the top of the caliper, bottom or either? on one brake it was one way round, opposite on the other!. Any advice appreciated!

Buckrogers

Hi

Can't say for definate, but I would think if you had two on one side you should have two on the other.

It may help others if you mention the make of the pads.

BrynO

Cheers, not sure of the pads origin, no name on them.

Jolley

Should be 2 shims on each, one vented and one not (well, on mine there were anyway).

Not sure about the spring, because I thought the loop on mine was in the middle (MY03).

scoobyDAZZA

yeah , 2 on each side , 1 vented 1 solid

BrynO

thanks guys, looks like I will need to go and buy some new Subaru OEM pads to get the missing shims then.

Jolley

Do the shims come with the pads? (I wouldn't have thought so, as you can re-use them) .... surely they would be able to sell the shims seperately?

BrynO

I am pretty sure the OEM pads come with the shims included, but none of the aftermarket pads do, I'll give my local Scoob dealer a call, he may even have a spare set knocking around the workshop (heres hoping!!)