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Originally Posted by kiloran
If you can't find shims, try using Copaslip on the backs of the pads. That can help. Or maybe make your own with some tin snips. A drinks can is probably flexible enough and easily cuttable.
https://www.google.com/search?q=copaslip
Also check that it's not your brake shields vibrating - in our wetter/saltier climate they corrode and start to break up. I've also had small stones/gravel stuck between the shield and the disc which makes a hell of a noise - interestingly not all the time, only with the steering in certain positions and under braking. |
Nah. It's not the brake shields. They are just fine.
I am a bit disappointed with ferodo. They sell the pads without shims and they don't sell the shims separately. I am considering ordering a set of Brembo pads.
Some pads come with a glued material instead of a steel shim. That material is made of polyurethane. There is a Polyurethane tape made specifically to protect friction areas between metal. It is use mostly in space and aircrafts. But a roll of that would set me back just as much as a new set of pads. Sets of the same material are also sold and marketed specifically for brake pads.