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quick question do s5 rear brake pads come with a wire attached to them?

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Old 04-12-05, 03:24 AM
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quick question do s5 rear brake pads come with a wire attached to them?
i have a 90 gxl and going to change brake pads and rotors just wanted to make sure if they had a wire attached to the rear brake pads it cause the one's i bought had them. if anyone know please let me know

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Define wire?
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If it's a wire connected to a wear sensor in the pad, they're the wrong pads. A few cars have a brake pad wear warning system, but the FC ain't one of them.
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yes there is a "wire" in a v shape.
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That's the retaining spring. It's not attached to the pad.
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Is there a how to on changing the pads, those retainging clips suck.....
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Just buy a brake Hardware kit from from the parts store, IIRC its something like 5 to 10 bucks.
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