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Originally Posted by orcking
I finished the front brakes with OEM rotors, pads and shims.
When I got the shims I saw that there were solid and slotted shims. When I removed my original OEM pads I only saw solid shims. So I only installed the solid new shims and threw away the slotted ones.
Then I was reading that the slotted ones go under the solid ones and over the pad. Is that a problem if I leave the slotted ones out or should I redo it?
Why is Toyota complicating the shims and install double shims???
I noticed that the older solid are little thicker than the new solid.
Is that a stupid design that was introduced during covid days...
ps: The job was not that bad... except for one stubborn bolt on the caliper. I used a 300 ft/lb impact wrench and it was still not budging... Lots of penetrating oil and , finally came loose. I would say that was the hardest bolt that I had to remove ever..... These bolts are put really tight, and the little rust from water in that area does not help...
Thanks
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Did you remove the caliper to install new pads?
Those bolts that hold the caliper onto the spindle are locktite from the factory
You do not have to pull the caliper off the spindle to replace pads, you pull the long pins over the pads and slip the pads out of the top. The caliper does not have to be removed.
I cant tell you why the shim stack is so weird, but apparently you need the two, otherwise it makes noise from what i have read.
