Which way should the arrow on my shims point to?
Apr 29, 2013, 08:44 PM
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Which way should the arrow on my shims point to?
Hi guys,
I'm replacing my rotors and pads this week with some stoptech stuff and can't remember the orientation of the stock shims.
Which way should the arrow on the shims point? My guess is up, towards the bleeders.
Thanks for the help.
Damon
I'm replacing my rotors and pads this week with some stoptech stuff and can't remember the orientation of the stock shims.
Which way should the arrow on the shims point? My guess is up, towards the bleeders.
Thanks for the help.
Damon
Apr 29, 2013, 11:32 PM
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Stoptech rotors go up. But just for future knowledge, the direction of the "vanes" (inside) dictates which way the rotor turns or which way the slots point. Pay attention to your rotors internals when your putting it on.. If the vanes are straight (usually seen poor quality/ cheap rotors) they can be positioned or pointed either way.
Apr 30, 2013, 03:47 AM
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Stoptech rotors go up. But just for future knowledge, the direction of the "vanes" (inside) dictates which way the rotor turns or which way the slots point. Pay attention to your rotors internals when your putting it on.. If the vanes are straight (usually seen poor quality/ cheap rotors) they can be positioned or pointed either way.
I track my car regulary on straight vaned rotors. To say that they are cheap or of poor quality is making bad assumptions and passing along false information.
Sorry for going OT per the question asked regarding the shims.
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Apr 30, 2013, 09:30 AM
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The Evo doesn't come with directional vaned rotors from the factory, they're straight vaned. Most aftermarket rotors for these cars are straight vaned. Some of the highend aftermarket rotors are curved vaned... While these are nice to have, they certainly aren't needed for most applications.
I track my car regulary on straight vaned rotors. To say that they are cheap or of poor quality is making bad assumptions and passing along false information.
Sorry for going OT per the question asked regarding the shims.
I track my car regulary on straight vaned rotors. To say that they are cheap or of poor quality is making bad assumptions and passing along false information.
Sorry for going OT per the question asked regarding the shims.
Apr 30, 2013, 02:43 PM
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Stoptech rotors go up. But just for future knowledge, the direction of the "vanes" (inside) dictates which way the rotor turns or which way the slots point. Pay attention to your rotors internals when your putting it on.. If the vanes are straight (usually seen poor quality/ cheap rotors) they can be positioned or pointed either way.
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Apr 30, 2013, 05:48 PM
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This is incorrect. The arrow should point in the direction that the brake disc rotates when in forward motion - down on the front pads, up on the rears. If you do a search you should find a couple posts quoting the service manual which agree with this (not to mention it's what you'd intuitively expect...)
Apr 30, 2013, 07:47 PM
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This is incorrect. The arrow should point in the direction that the brake disc rotates when in forward motion - down on the front pads, up on the rears. If you do a search you should find a couple posts quoting the service manual which agree with this (not to mention it's what you'd intuitively expect...)
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