Replacing Front Brake pads, seems tight

[billy bronco]

While replacing front pads on my 97, both sides are very tight on the bottom clips. I had to file tits slightly to make slide freely. Is this common? The top tits slipped into the clips fine and moved freely.

 

[B.L. Zebop]

While replacing front pads on my 97, both sides are very tight on the bottom clips. I had to file tits slightly to make slide freely. Is this common? The top tits slipped into the clips fine and moved freely.

Post a query on www.miataforum.com ... with an enormous user base of very knowledgeable people.

Buy a shop manual...best one out there the Enthusiast's Manual (for your 1997 you'll need the Red book with Yellow Miata).

 

[billy bronco]

Post a query on www.miataforum.com ... with an enormous user base of very knowledgeable people.

Buy a shop manual...best one out there the Enthusiast's Manual (for your 1997 you'll need the Red book with Yellow Miata).

Thanks for the advise, I think I'll move over there and see if I can get some questions answered as there does not seem to be much activity here.

 

[badAzLava3]

Thats perfectly normal.

Sometimes the bottom brass clip wants to stay on the pad.

No big deal, pry it off, slip it back in and just turn the pad at a 45 degree angle, and it will go in every time.

Be sure to reuse the teflon backing plates on the pads, keeps the noise way down.

 

[billy bronco]

I did have to do some minor filling on the tit to make it fit right, no big deal. Now the rears were a bit different but I figured them out, car stops on a dime now, thanks