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pugjim
31-03-2007, 09:11 PM
Fitting some new pads, taken the old ones off they came off like this:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o50/james343510/Image008.jpg

The top one was the inner pad, bottom the outer.

Now i replaced the pads with new ones EXACTLY the same, when i put the pads in the callipers the same way i took them out the pad wear markers were offset like the following:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o50/james343510/Image011.jpg
These don't seem right to me, and ive put them in exactly the way i took them out, i thought the wear lines ussually lined up like this:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o50/james343510/Image000.jpg

So im thinkin that maybe the previous owner had the old pads fitted by a monkey. Are they wrong how they are? should the lines line up?
Any help would be great cos i have got myself confused now, and im sat outside freezin my ***locks off.:(

will_1988
31-03-2007, 09:55 PM
i think thats right bud, dont think they do line up

pugjim
31-03-2007, 09:58 PM
Are you 100% sure, cos the pads wont be applied to the disc at the same place? Jus don't wanna screw this up, brakes are kinda important lol.

will_1988
31-03-2007, 10:13 PM
well they didnt line up on my quiky before i upgraded to gti calipers and they were fine