Problem installing new brake pads

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Feb 18, 2006 | 02:08 PM

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Wayne1992

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Problem installing new brake pads

Sorry to bring up an old subject but I just put the Rotex Gold brake pads on the front and rear but I ran into a little problem and was wondering if any body else has experienced this. When I got the new pads there was no hole drilled in them for the brake wear sensor. I just drilled the hole myself but I wonder if i got the correct pads.

Feb 18, 2006 | 02:30 PM

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aschrager

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Re: Problem installing new brake pads

Some have the hole and some don't. What you did was correct. You can do a search and find what was talked about before.

Feb 18, 2006 | 03:55 PM

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Dan Root

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Re: Problem installing new brake pads

yes i had to drill my SENSOR HOLE man did that feel good !!!

Feb 18, 2006 | 04:03 PM

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Wayne1992

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Re: Problem installing new brake pads

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yes i had to drill my SENSOR HOLE man did that feel good !!!

As long as you are drilling your own hole and not somebody else's!

Feb 18, 2006 | 04:06 PM

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HDDP

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Re: Problem installing new brake pads

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Originally Posted by Wayne1992

Wayne: You done good buddy... That's the way the Porterfield pads come-in as well... DRILL-EM HARD... LOL Seriously, just drill the hole for the sensor tip into the pad like you did... 3/8" deep... 1/8th" from the backing plate... I can't remember the bit size...

Last edited by HDDP; Feb 18, 2006 at 04:16 PM.