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Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:05 am
by TieNN89
Replaced my Pads tonight
The fronts were all good
But the rears I noticed only my P/S rear pads had backing plate my D/S didn't :S
What is the backing plate for?
ATM I don't have any backing plates on any of the rear pads
Do I need these backing plates?
If so where can I get them and how much are they?
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:28 am
by JBT
Can you take the plates off the old pads and put them on the new ones?
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:21 am
by TieNN89
yes i can but I only have the ones that came off the left side
the right side didn't have any on the pad
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:03 am
by project.r.racing
tein-
just go down to mx5plus saturday morning and pick up a 2nd hand one. they'll have 1000s they probably be throwing out.
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:00 am
by 16bit
i don't use them anymore but coat the back of the pad with hi temp grease - the same stuff you should use for the slider pins. should cost you about 15 bucks from repco. the backing plates just create a sliding surface between the pad and the piston so they don't get caught on eachother from what I have been told.. I make sure to re coat the slider pins with every pad change as I think they can seize
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:25 pm
by wun911
I thought it was just to keep it quiet you dont need the backing plate to stop.
You can get this spray on break quiet stuff for the back of pads.
Congrats you have saved some unsprung weight.
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:57 pm
by 16bit
hahaha - i think you may be correct but sh*t you are funny.
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:24 pm
by TieNN89
LOL
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:41 pm
by TieNN89
I found it the stuff on MX5 Centre site
https://www.mx5centre.com.au/index.php? ... ucts_id=96so i dont need this?
I'm confused as to what these do :S
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:13 pm
by wun911
I cant see the pic in the link but if it looks like this:
Then yeah you need them, I have tried to run without them to save unsprung weight.
It will be very noizy and I think they help to push or at least allow the pad to move away from the rotor when your not using your breaks.
If you have NB8A, 1red5 might have these, I'm not sure shoot him a PM.
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:14 pm
by TieNN89
project.r.racing wrote:tein-
just go down to mx5plus saturday morning and pick up a 2nd hand one. they'll have 1000s they probably be throwing out.
I just realized ITS YOU!!!
your everywhere lol
Brake pad backing plate
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:16 pm
by TieNN89
wun911 wrote:I cant see the pic in the link but if it looks like this:
Then yeah you need them, I have tried to run without them to save unsprung weight.
It will be very noizy and I think they help to push or at least allow the pad to move away from the rotor when your not using your breaks.
If you have NB8A, 1red5 might have these, I'm not sure shoot him a PM.
Yeah I've got those I replaced them with new ones i got from 1red5 agers ago
This is what I'm on about
