2000 996 Carrera 2 coupe 6 speed: replacement of front wheel pads and rotors

[Philip54]

The new OEM pad shims came with adhesive paper on the side of the shims that stays in contact with the pad backplate.   I installed the shims with the paper on, because I did not read the tutorial of Loren carefully enough.   But on the right wheel, while slipping one of the pad in, the paper came off anyway because the clearance for the pad was very small.  As a result, on the right wheel now I have one pad shim with paper and one pad shim without paper.  Can this be considered acceptable even if it is not to spec.? 

Thanks

[Loren]

If I were taking a car to the track I would everything to be as perfect as possible.

For street use not so much - but they are not hard to remove and fix.

[Philip54]

Thanks, Loren.  I assume that, if I remove the caliper for getting access to the shims, I will not need to replace the caliper bolts.  They are supposed to be replaced every time the calipers are removed, but, I think, that should apply only if you have driven the car at least a few thousand miles.  The bolts are not expensive, I just don't have a spare set with me.

[Loren]

If the bolts were just new then they haven't had a chance at heat fatigue yet. I would reuse them.

[Philip54]

Thanks, Loren,

 

This will make easier to correct the problem with the pad shim.