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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: BMWManiac on July 11, 2008, 10:54:15 AM
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1991 318i
I am replacing my rotors and pads and I just picked up a pair of cheap pads from Advance Autoparts that says they are for my car.....can anyone confirm or deny that they are in fact the ones I need for my car? They have a spring of some sort at the top and no three pong to insert into the piston like my M3.....I just want to make sure before I go ripping this stuff apart!
Wearever, MKD 493....on their site, they say for me, but I've never seen pads like this for a BMW. I can't post a pic, so I've attached the site.
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=WEA&MfrPartNumber=MKD493&PartType=219&PTSet=A
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Mine do not have the 3 prong, but mine are from another company, porterfield. they do have the 2 spring attachement at the back where it rest against the caliper.
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I'm going to just do it and see if the old ones are the same...if not, I'll put it back on.
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go for it, but if they say they are for the car, then they most probably are.
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Yep, those are the ones for the front. The rear inner pads have three prongs that insert into the caliper piston.
I just began a massive brake project today. Pads, rotors, calipers, stainless brake lines all front and rear.
I managed to break 3 of the 4 hard line junctions from the old rubber lines to the steel lines. Honked me off for sure.
Do I replace the entire steel line(s) or cut, flare and couple new line ends w/fittings and brass unions? The entire lines are pretty long and convoluted, anyone ever done it?
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As long as it will still reach, I would jsut cut, flare, and put a new couple end....I got them installed....not too much of a problem.
However, I noticed a trend. When I replaced my driver side rotor on both the 318i and my M3, there was a 'plug' instead of a caliper retaining bolt in the hub!!!! I had to drill and extract the last one, why do they do this!
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Thanks. I was leaning that way for sure.