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Cheers, nothing worse than taking something apart, only for the new parts not to fit
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Guess what, the pads don't fit. Ended up going to a local parts factor on Sunday morning, looked in his catalogue and the pads listed from my car are the same as Lucas i.e. don't fit.
Not to be beaten, the parts guy took out all his Primera brake pads and compared them against one of my orginal set that I had brought with me. Turns out that pads from the previous model fit, guess they had some old brake calipers left over in the factory.
New pads are supplied with anti rattle shims which have a self adhesive backing, so I did not use any copper grease. I now get a ringing noise (like someone rubbing a wine glass) every now and then, and faint rubbling noise that I did not have before.
What are you suggestions?, the pads and discs have only been on for 70 miles and are not therefore bedded in. I rechecked all the guide pin torque settings tonight, checked that spash shield is not touching the disc, and noticed that the glue on the back of the pads had melted, which I guess it's designed to do
Is it worth taking the pads out, and coating the backs of the pads, and the contact surfaces with the brake caliper with copper grease after all?
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Nissan make great cars but love to mix and match their brake componants, my Primera 2.00 ABS petrol auto has 2.00 diesel non ABS front pads.
The ringing sound you can hear is almost certainly just that! It's likely that the new pads are just touching the rust rings left by the unswept area from the old pads. The noise should fade after a few hundred miles, if not there are garages that have brake disc skimming lathes that only need the wheels and brake calipers to be removed and charge about £25 a disc.
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Seven years old, surely an all time record?
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