Changing rear break pads. Need a lil help...

[bansheenyc77]

Heya guys. Im new to all this, so to you guys who seem professionl on the matter this may seem like a noob question.

 

I was replacinng the rear brake pad whcih is completely wore down. After removing the old ones and pushing the circular hydraullic cylinder that pushe the breaks out, i pushed it allt he way in.

 

My only problem is that after instaling the new pads, they just dont seem to fit. Its missing about 1/100 of an inch space in order to fit, and wrap around the disk break.. I was able to make both pads fit on once i removed the metal shin that goes on the inside pad and i also removed the little circle cap from the ccylinder that puches out. I know this is not rite, but i was thinking about riding it like this until they wear down a little, then including these two parts again once the pads wear down a little bit.

 

 

It this ok, or am i asking for problems. Thanks in advance, Alex..

Edited June 8, 2010 by bansheenyc77

[bansheenyc77]

Same thing happened to me when I put new pads in. But before you start taking parts off the assembly to make it work,

 

1. Check that they are the right pads

 

2. Make sure the hydraulic cylinder is pushed all the way in, I thought mine looked like it was and I couldn't get the pads to fit over the rotor. So I took them back out and used a wrench and squeezed the hell out of cylinder. After that it seemed to go in a tiny bit more which made it fit over the rotor just perfect.

 

Thanks.

 

Oh, i tried everyhting to make the cylinder go all the way in (including using wrenches and screwdrivews), I mucst have bee trying for almost an hour. I eventually got it to fit by imliminating the metal shim that goes ont he inside pade and the circle on the cylinder. Im going to tun it this way until they wear down a bit and allow me to reinstal these removed items. In the meantime i hope it doesnt cause any harm.

 

Thanks for replies,, Alex.