fitting ds2500 pads?

[danh90]

Fitting my brembo hc disks and ferrodo ds2500 pads tonight will the pads need filing down to fit as heard they will.. Comments please

 

[Sam@NP]

remove the metal shims in the caliper and fill down the top and bottom so there is some vertical movement.

 

[danh90]

Cheers bud done them

 

[S76Pilot]

so the metal shim plates have to be removed? I have some brake imbalance up front and wonder if it's because no-one told me about removing the plates. I thought it was a caliper issue. Brakes do seem to bind a little bit too.

 

[Sam@NP]

remove the shims and file down the edges of the pad so you have a few mm of vertical movement.

 

[S76Pilot]

Would leaving the shims in place cause an brake imbalance? or is it a caliper issue do you think? cheers.

 

[S76Pilot]

pads were filed down as I was advised to do this when I got the pads. Just no-one mentioned removal of shims. Wonder if too much filed off with shims removed, or not enough with shims in place?

 

[Sam@NP]

Check the sliders in the carrier are not seized and the pads may be binding in the carrier too. Check them both

 

[S76Pilot]

Ok, will do cheers. Brakes work but just not totally evenly. I'll report back with my findings. Looking at selling the car and just want it right for whoever buys it. Thanks again. WOrst case, i'll stick new calipers and pads on the front. Discs are pretty new.

 

[Fred@BTM]

hence why you have to remove the shims and make sure the pads are free to move, they bind on which causes and imbalance

 

[p@blo]

Funny about the shims. Prepped properly with adequate clearance, ive run ds2500s & now the pagid blacks on road & track with zero issues shimmed. Weird, guess my shims must be f**king magical.

 

[Dan519]

you can run shims, just have to file a lot more material. Being a track pad, they're not designed to run road niceties like anti rattle/squeel shims

 

[p@blo]

you can run shims, just have to file a lot more material.

Yea, you'd think clearance is surely clearance irrespective of it being sat against the smooth/even stainless surface or rough arse cast material.

Hopefully I won't be going too fast when my front axles implode from running with the shims in

 

[Fred@BTM]

just bin the shims, its easier!

 

[p@blo]

Lol, that would spoil my ongoing road test Fred

 

[Dan519]

just bin the shims, its easier!

noisier though. much more likely to squeel

 

[Fred@BTM]

wrong, they never squeal my may

 

[Dan519]

right back at ya. had loads of people say they do

 

[adam172]

I just run shims and files more off the pad simple ! No issues what so ever

 

[Fred@BTM]

Right back at yaself, i have loads i've fitted that work perfectly

 

[Scrooge]

Handbags.

 

[Sir_Dave]

My DS2500's never squealed, although tbf neither do my CL's ...

Shims out. Pads in. I never filed them, perhaps someone else did (pikey 2nd hand pads ftw).

 

[ripp]

mine squeal when hot but then again, they're a track pad so it's almost normal.
I binned the shims and filed them down though. Is there other "trick" in making them quiet?