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Re: Brake pad shims
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 10/27/2022

I wonder if you might have a bit too much shifting of the pads or caliper going on to cause the movement of the backing shims? Moving too far due to a bad fit is a common situation.

Pads and rotors do vibrate. The job of shims is to put the sound frequency i... Login to read more.