Make sure to grease the retaining clips so the Auto Brake pads don't squeak.
Step 10: Slide on the new brake pads.
Apply grease to the small metal tab at the top of each pad and slide them into the top and bottom clips.
Step 11: Move the caliper back into place.
Once the brake pads are snapped in place, slide the caliper back down and tighten the bolts back down. If the old bolt seem rusted, consider replacing them with new ones.
Putting gas slots in the brake rotors or cross-drilling is intended to address the problem of outgassing, as well as reducing the weight, but as I am fond of saying, the coefficient of friction of air sucks.
The tradeoff is that slotting or drilling the rotor increases the chance of uneven thermal stress.
Where there are slots or holes, there is no material to grip, plus as the rotor wears those slot edges get sharper and you wind up with a cheese grater working on your brakepads.
Many of the problems resulting from heat, uneven wear and outgassing go away with transfer film pads because you?re not running on the iron of the rotor but on a layer of carbon.
The transfer film has the mechanical effect of smoother engagement, less chatter, and less grabbiness because the pad and rotor are working on homogenous compatible surfaces.
The advantages of transfer film pads
At high temperature (over 800-900 degrees F) we believe the transfer film approach that Scandinavian Brake Systems (SBS), Wilwood and Performance Friction take in their track event and racing pads is a better solution.
Our preference for transfer film pads comes from the benefits that accrue when the brake rotor is meeting the pad with a more continuous surface of the same material.
Because of the compatibility in the interface of the two homogenous surfaces, there is a smoother engagement and release.
That is, the mechanical effect of the film is to reduce chatter, reduce the tendencies to judder caused by the imbalances produced by long-term chatter, and less grab.
There may even be some chemical bonding because of the homogeneity of the materials.
Once it's bedded the transfer film provides a consistently smooth layer at the interface of the pad surface and the rotor.
But unless you heat your brakes to that extent with hard braking from the kinds of speeds you can generally only achieve on the track, the film does not transfer, and other advantages to materials like ceramics come into play.
Step 12: Put the wheels back on.
Once you're finished installing the front or rear brake pads, slide the wheels back onto the vehicle's wheel base. Tighten each lug nut with your lug wrench but don't completely fasten them.
Step 13: Remove the jack stands and lower the car.
Once you remove the jack stands, lower the car down slowly with the jack until the tires are on Brake Pad China the ground.
Step 14: Tighten the lug nuts again.