Thanks for the no., but I have that right here and it does not contain those clips. It has the "M" looking springs that go on the sides of the calipers, but not the two "V" clips.



What gives?

 

whatchutalkinboutwillis?

 

49-280B -- those are the springs, not 49-290B.

 

they come with the pads.... number in the catalog isnt the current number

 

On a somewhat related note, when I replaced the rear pads on my T2, the first set of pads I bought at NAPA didn't even have the little holes in the pad backplate for the springs to fit into, and naturally no springs. The set I ended up using, which I believe were Bendix from Advance, had the holes, but no springs. I re-used my old springs. I have a feeling that a lot of people don't run the springs, and a lot of disc brakes don't use 'em. Not sure how important they are in this case.

 

yea getting the springs with the pads is a hit or miss type of thing.



generally you have to buy the higher end pads to get the spring kits.



like the raybestos quietstop or the wagner thermoquiet.



kevin.

 

Yeah I have Hawk pads and they definitely didn't come with any hardware.

 

As I understand it, and remember I'm no brake engineer, is that the piston seal will naturally retract the piston slightly when brake pipe pressure is zero. And since even a freshly turned rotor has some runout, this will also serve to keep the pad surface off the disc when your foot isn't on the brake pedal.

 

That kinda makes sense...I guess right now the pistons probably aren't all the way down in the calipers, thus making it difficult to get them around a rotor at the moment. I was worried that it was because I didn't have *fresh* clips, but maybe this is normal.



Thanks

 

oh the clips arent that strong, paper clip is prolly stiffer