How Do Brake Pad Shims Work?
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2021
- Brake pad shims help prevent brake noise or NVH. They do this by creating a barrier between the brake pad and caliper. This prevents vibration from being transmitted into the rest of the vehicle and the ear of the driver. In this video, we look at what makes for an effective brake shim.
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Wow thank you. My dumbass was about to glue them back on because I thought they needed to be secured on.
Nice 1 … I was about to copper slip them to the back of the pad
that why metal floating shims are things from the past,quality brake pads comes now with glued rubber shims
Damn to the point! Thanks for the video!
Thank you . Short easy and to the point .
Why am I going through this problem now? 20 years never had it. I installed brand new brake pads on my 2003 CRV two weeks later the shim was falling down and making a wicked noise!!!
Good advice
Thank you!I thought it's so loose and will be dangerous so I didn't use them.
which side of the brake pads ...piston side or other side?
My oem pads came with shims and Molykote. Does Molykote go in-between?
Yes
Rubber shims, or metal shims, which one is quieter?
Rubber
o what a bursitis , shim needs to be clued to the pad or it will make noise
Not true. The glued shims have flexible glue that will allow for tiny amount of flexing. They are better than the shims just put on with no adhesive because they will make noise as the shim and pad backing plate rub on each other. Just like a dry door hindge swueaking. Use brake grease between shim and backing plate and you'll never hear a noise.
Use molykote m77 between brake pad backing plate and shim. If the shim is glued on then you can't use any type of lubricant and that glue will dry out in couple of days from brake heat and cause squeaking noises
I just threw them out.
Do they squeak without the shims? Mine fell off and I’m debating on just tossing them in trash
My car uses three shims per caliper. I replaced the pads/rotors and threw away two of the shims because they are getting rusty. Just used the one glued to the pad. So far no squeaks or sounds…brakes awesome.