[AzBdBy]

Can anyone tell me what the tiny pin located on the inside pad of the rear brakes does? I have heard that somehow it can cause the piston to come out too far too fast and lock the brakes up. I can not see how this would happen. The reason I ask is the aftermarket brake pads I ordered do not have the pin. I have also heard the EBC pads do not have it either. Thanks in advance for your replies.

 

[BiggJim]

I'm lost on this one....I've had mine apart a few times and never came across a pin.....Hmmmm. I have some fiberglass lookin spacers with little metal heat sheilds on the back of each one....Maybe thats why i go through break pads so fast

 

[AzBdBy]

The pin is part of the metal backing that the pad material is glued to. Not a separate piece. It is only on the inside pad on the rear caliper. Well after looking at a parts diagram I am questioning what I am talking about. Guess I need to go look at them again.

 

[Price]

Dustin, EBC does make the pad with the locator pin. i found them at the shop on rosegarden just west of 19th ave. Court can explain the need for the pin, i don't completely understand it either.

 

[07fj]

Dustin, you mean the little protrusion that sits against the caliper piston???

The lower guides keep them in place, so I cannot see that it would matter without it.

Rog

 

[AzBdBy]

Dustin, you mean the little protrusion that sits against the caliper piston???

The lower guides keep them in place, so I cannot see that it would matter without it.

Rog

Yes. I was told it would cause the brakes to lock up. My new pads do not have the pin and I cannot figure out how it would do anything at all

 

[AzBdBy]

Dustin, EBC does make the pad with the locator pin. i found them at the shop on rosegarden just west of 19th ave. Court can explain the need for the pin, i don't completely understand it either.

Price is that Select Powersports?

 

[azcourt]

Sometimes you just need to believe. The piston has a threaded rod in the middle that allows the parking brake to self adjust. The piston can and will turn tighter by itself without the pin. If you want a DNF at the cinders, run those pads. I have drilled and tapped the pad and installed a stud to make them work, but the height had to be at least as tall as the stock pad pin or the rear brakes will fail.

 

[AzBdBy]

I believe you. Just trying to understand.

 

[Price]

Price is that Select Powersports?

That's it. I was having a brain cramp and couldn't remember the name.