[DeTomaso] Rear Brake Pad pins

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Point of clarification:

The pin on the piston side pad is -necessary- to keep the piston from 
rotating.  The pin is supposed to fit in the groove on the face of the 
piston.  Porterfield welds a pin on the back of the pad.  However, as 
shipped, they are TOO LONG, and must be shortened.  DO NOT grind it flat 
to the back of the pad.  If you do so, there will be nothing keeping the 
piston from rotating, and if it does, then it will "unlock" and you 
won't have any brakes.

So to clarify, I simply ground the pin enough that it fit properly and 
allowed the piston face to carry weight against the back of the pad, and 
-not- the pin.  Hope that helps.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> Things are starting to come together nicely.  All my brakes are now 
> installed (no fluid or bleeding yet).  Another Caution, when using the 
> Porterfield rear pads, you -must- grind or file down the pin on the back 
> of the piston side pad, otherwise you -will- punch a hold in the 
> piston... and you really don't want to do that.  I ground mine down with 
> a Dremel (yea, yea... I lack the basic he-man shop tools), until it 
> cleared the groove in the piston.
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