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  1. 11th August 2007, 01:17 PM #1
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    front brake pads - which side the taper?

    Hi all

    I am stumped on this one. The replacement pads have a taper in the brake lining material on the one side only ie. the pads are installed with the tapered part either on the 'leading' side or the 'trailing' edge. Neither the instructions nor my Haynes manual refere to this, and the pads that came out appear not ot have a chamfer at all.

    Should this taper be on the leading or trailing edge? Anybody know?

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    the taper should be on the rearwards side, Thats how Ive always installed them.
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    Hi Dave

    Thanks for the reply. I was thinking that a taper on the front might jam up with debris etc., so what you say does make sense.

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    The rearward side is the leading edge. Think about it.

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    Hi Ron

    Yes, the leading edge is towards the rear of the car, and the side I am supposing the square edge goes. The taper would then face the front of the car.

    Thanks for the reply.

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    The leading edge is chamfered, not the trailing edge

    See http://www.cunningham.me.uk/rangiewi...action_Control

    and http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php?p=559463 i.e.,
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    5. stand the pad up at 45 degrees on the leading edge and scuff a chamfer on the front
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    no, the taper faces the rear. thats the leading edge as the disc moves from rear to front inside the pad (unless for some freaky reason your calipers are on the bottom in which case panic as the rover has rolled off the hoist)
    the trailing edge faces the front of the car.

    The Champfer on the pad goes to the back end of the car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    no, the taper faces the rear. thats the leading edge as the disc moves from rear to front inside the pad (unless for some freaky reason your calipers are on the bottom in which case panic as the rover has rolled off the hoist)
    the trailing edge faces the front of the car.

    The Champfer on the pad goes to the back end of the car.
    Yep. Agreed. (In a P38A the leading edge is more downward than rearward).

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    Well, I seem to have got it wrong. If they squeal then I'll turn 'em around for leading edge taper. Thanks for clarifying this point.

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