Posted By: mr_nobut
Rear pads and sliders? - 11/05/2018 07:24
Decided to change rear pads and discs in advance of upcoming mot.
The discs were looking a bit pitted and rusty where they did't get a lot of use over winter.
The pads and discs I ordered were Delphi and seemed great quality given how cheap they were!! Not even worth trying to rescue the old ones at these prices!!
However the inner pad didn't fit into the carrier arm properly and needed a trim with an angle grinder!! (just the metal backplate bit) The outer one was fine and they were identical to the ones I removed but without the lower chamfer? Box clearly noted them as for Fiat Coupes 93 onwards and made sure supplier new what car it was for!!! Are there different types of rear pads for different Coupes as assumed they were all the same?
Also noted that the slider pins are different top and bottom? The top one has grooves down the sides so wasn't completely round, bottom ones had what looked like tiny 'shelfs' around it? Is this normal as again I though these would be the same and round? They would only fit back in in to the holes they came out of so not changeable.
Anyway....all on and rock solid...handbrake adjusted and seems to work a treat...bring on the mot!!!
The discs were looking a bit pitted and rusty where they did't get a lot of use over winter.
The pads and discs I ordered were Delphi and seemed great quality given how cheap they were!! Not even worth trying to rescue the old ones at these prices!!
However the inner pad didn't fit into the carrier arm properly and needed a trim with an angle grinder!! (just the metal backplate bit) The outer one was fine and they were identical to the ones I removed but without the lower chamfer? Box clearly noted them as for Fiat Coupes 93 onwards and made sure supplier new what car it was for!!! Are there different types of rear pads for different Coupes as assumed they were all the same?
Also noted that the slider pins are different top and bottom? The top one has grooves down the sides so wasn't completely round, bottom ones had what looked like tiny 'shelfs' around it? Is this normal as again I though these would be the same and round? They would only fit back in in to the holes they came out of so not changeable.
Anyway....all on and rock solid...handbrake adjusted and seems to work a treat...bring on the mot!!!