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Guest Anonymous
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OK, I got my calipers and brackets from malibuolds. I went today and got new rotors and pads. Here's my question... Why are the brake pads so much smaller than the rotor? I mean, why aren't they bigger to cover more area on the rotor? These pads aren't much bigger than the ones on my car now.

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they, the pads, don't have to be bigger. the farther from center the pad sits on the rotor, the better the braking.

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Speaking of working parking brake, did you use your old pedal or the new one. if so what was involved in getting the cables hooked up. I wanted to make sure I had the right procedure since I only have experience with swaping in the newer parking brake.

 

Chris

Guest Anonymous
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Your talking to STR right? Cause I haven't done my brakes yet. Sucks not having a garage.

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yeah, I am. I was hoping he used the old parking brake pedal so I knew for sure it would work that way. This thread just reminded me to ask.

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Speaking of working parking brake, did you use your old pedal or the new one. if so what was involved in getting the cables hooked up. I wanted to make sure I had the right procedure since I only have experience with swaping in the newer parking brake.

 

Chris

There is nothing, you just hook up the old cables to the calipers.

Do a search on this site and you will see some pic's

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