Disc brake pad orientation

[Rustyiron]

You're very frugal, I would not like to have you as a customer. Obviously there's no way anyone could make money on their services to you.

Hmmm, possibly because you couldn't sell him a new muffler bearing and rotate the air in his tires?

 

[Snobdds]

Appreciate your concern.

But I got a college education for automotive mechanics. Never went into the trade because I didn't like the fact that being a salesman, and trying to upsell the customer and nickel and dime them was a part of the requirement to fix cars. So have held many titles since then including electrician, multicraft mechanic, machinist, millwright, etc. Have rebuilt dozens of motors from the ground up, including my own machine work, boring blocks, grinding cranks, etc. So no, I am not a "backyard mechanic".

I do many brake jobs a year. Most times its 4 identical pads so orientation don't matter. On these, the only difference is which way the squeaker is oriented and that an anti-rattle clip hooks into it. No safety concerns at all, just convince. The pad would operate just fine even if squeakers weren't there. And the fact that they ARE installed correctly.

All things you would have understood had you bothered to actually read the thread rather than making stupid remarks.

No. This is about a dealer trying to take advantage.of an unsuspecting female. Because their paycheck is based on commission and flat rate rather than actually doing quality work. (The reason I never got into the trade. Because deception is not in my nature).

And don't give me the BS about not being able to make money on me. Dealer cost for these tires are $67 ea landed. So they made about $150 for what should have been a 30 min job.

The fact that they do their "complementary" umpteen point inspection, that they expect to upsell someone on a repair and that didn't happen for them.....their time/money lost not mine. I simply hired them to do tires. Was given a quote. They did tires and we're paid what they quoted me. So you can take your ignorant comments and troll someone else's thread.

You are really upset someone has the audacity to say you put the pads on wrong. Have you check to see if you did?

 

[LD1]

You are really upset someone has the audacity to say you put the pads on wrong. Have you check to see if you did?

Because they are NOT on wrong. If you would have read the thread you would have known that.

Yea, when you know you done a job correctly, and someone (dealer) has the nerve to say I didnt and want to try to pull a fast one on my wife, yea it's upsetting.

Then have some moron think I'm a backyard mechanic....give me a break.

 

[Snobdds]

Because they are NOT on wrong. If you would have read the thread you would have known that.

Yea, when you know you done a job correctly, and someone (dealer) has the nerve to say I didnt and want to try to pull a fast one on my wife, yea it's upsetting.

Then have some moron think I'm a backyard mechanic....give me a break.

Don't leave out that your feelings were hurt as well...

 

[LD1]

Don't leave out that your feelings were hurt as well...

And what is your reasoning for posting?

What's with the trolls lately?

 

[Snobdds]

What was your reasoning for posting a thread just to *****, if you were so sure of yourself?

My wife takes her car into the dealership all the time and gets told a load of BS every time, it's what they do.

As a customer, you have a right to ask them what they're referring to. Make them put it on a lift and put their BS to the test. Simple.

 

[LD1]

Maybe you need to go back and re-read the thread.

I was questioning weather or not they were on right. Was wondering if i overlooked something. Because usually all 4 pads are identical. Sometimes only two have squeakers. Sometimes it's something else which is pretty self explanatory when taking apart and re assembling.

This was done 6-8 months ago. I have done brakes on 5 or 6 vehicles since then and couldn't remember. Thus the purpose of starting the thread. Maybe I have been doing it wrong all along? Maybe I would learn something?

Nope. Wife got home with the car from the dealer, I checked them out....they are right. It was one of them self explanatory things that the little table that goes in the squeaker, is on the top of the caliper, so the squeaker/retainer went to the top.

I installed the pads 100% the correct way.

But before the wife was home, and before I had a chance to check things out is when I posted this, wondering if I have been over looking something all these years. Like a correct direction (directional) the pads are supposed to go.

Nope. Just the dealer trying to pull a fast one to make a few extra bucks off a unsuspecting female.

It's all spelled out. Go back and re-read.

 

[Snobdds]

Oh I read it.

 

[LD1]

Then maybe comprehension is your problem

 

[Snobdds]

If I'm sure of something, I don't start a thread asking for help...Do you even see the irony here?

What I do comprehend though, is your looking for nothing more than conformation bias. Sure people don't need a conformation bias.