240 General: finding the correct part

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Originally Posted by Clifford Pope

Rear brake pads also need checking very carefully. There are two basic differences, seemingly variously fitted at different times, so you can't just go by year.
Then I've often found a sub-variation where the pads are nearly correct, but differ in length by 0.5 mm. The smaller kind fit easily, but rattle. You can cut shims out of tin cans, but better is to have one of each for comparison, which is obvious when you rest them on a flat surface.

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