dave-r wrote:If the pads are just held in place with bent tabs you normally have to give them a tap with a hammer before installation to make them a tight fit.
Eddie. I only used the word shoe because, my 73 dodge service manual uses the same word. I don't know either. Disc's have pad's. Drum's have shoe's. We've all known this since the seventie's. I bet your manual say's the same thing. I found out about the different size brake "shoe's", with my 68 F-100. No manual, just put them back together like I took them apart. I did notice the difference between the front and back side. That was in 1989. Previous owners son did a brake job on the thing. Truck was all over the place for a year before I bought a Haynse's book and pulled my head out... Back to the Present. Have you seen Disc "Pad's", with different thickness like discribed. Also, beside's the " 73 Dodge Chassis and Service Manual." What's a good book to have? "Chilton", "Haynse", "The Dodge Challenger Service Manual For the Complete Idiot"? Don't know if they make that last one but, had one for my V.W. Bug. That book was Awesome. It even told you when you need to take a brake. No punn intended. I have that front line on back order from Fineline's. I think I'll take it all apart again, and resurface those rotor's. I'm cheap, and I usually have to pay for that. Talk to you soon, PatairfuelEddie wrote:Pat, first of all, the pads are nomenclature,(name), for the disc pads. The shoes are for the drum brakes. Your rear brake drum shoes have a primary and secondary shoe. They are different sizes the primary or front shoe contacts the drum first and "pulls" the rear shoe into position thats why they are different thickness and length.
LOL, I didnt know that Pat! I have the factory 70 manual. Maybe it was written by an AMC guy! BTW, on the thickness, maybe the fixed, semi, full floating calipers all had different thicknesses depending on the type of mount the caliper had and a pad cross references all of them in that same size. The thickness of the pad shouldnt matter as long as the caliper is centered over the rotor as it should be or close to it because the pads are a little different. I have done many different cars&trucks and never seen a thickness difference on the pads on a disc/rotor type of brake. Maybe I didnt look close enough!! The rear drums are a different matter altogether and I apologize for misunderstanding you. BTW, Pat let us know how the vibration problem turns out after the rotors are turned clean.patrick wrote:Thank's, Eddie. But, that outfit is offering the exact book that I have. I do have the official Dodge service manual for 73 Challenger. I also thought it was funny that they used the word "shoe" pointing at what you, I, and everybody else calls "pad's".
I'm glad you caught that Jimi. The same thing happened to a friend of mine. Only, he lost a front wheel. Totally killed his aluminum magnisium mag. Didn't wreck the car though, just the wheel. Shop payed for the wheel and repair's on the front end. How it didn't tear the fender up, I don't know. After that story, I alway's check the torque on the lug nut's. You know, "Ounce of Prevention...."Jimiboy wrote:Nice you got it fixed!
I remember one time when i got my daily a new set of rubber, and had some strange sound and vibrations after, my old dad told me to check the wheelbolts, and i thought it would be the last thing, because i had the job done by the shop... But it was! The guy on the tireshop that mounted the wheels did'nt do the job right, scary!