chuckb

I'm doing the front brakes on my ES. I can not get these springs to stay on while I pop the pads in. do they have to be there? is there a trick to get them in. I'm going crazy here.....

any help will be greatly appreciated.

these are the springs...

RMMGS4

iTrader: (5)

I don't recall exactly what I did cause it was a while ago, but I think I tried to attach the springs to both pads and slip both of them into the caliper. Yeah it's not easy to do and I can't explain more detail without going back and looking at the brake in front of me.

But like I said, after a couple of trys, I got one pad partially in and then carefully slipped in the second , all without having the spring fall off.

Not sure if you could duct tape one side in place and then pull it off after it's in. Also I think getting one side of the clip in was more of a challenge than the other. I just remember I had to do it in a certain order.

Good Luck

Vette Boy

The pads sit in the torque plate with the caliper rotated out of the way on the upper sliding pin. You remove the lower sliding pin. With the pads sitting in the torque plate, the springs are very easy to set in place. Here's a good tutorial, the old LS400 has the same front brakes as the GS:

http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/brake/fbpad.html

chuckb

man, you have no idea how much aggravation you just saved me. if you lived near me I'd buy you a cheeseburger and a twelve pack. once I knew about removing one of the pins and rotating the caliper while the pads stayed in place, it was a piece of cake. second side took me about a quarter of the time I spent on first side

thanks again.

chuckb

quick question. my anti squeal shims where messed up from the previous install so I did not reuse them. I used that blue brake grease instead. will that be ok?

Vette Boy

not sure, I've only done it with the factory stuff, no squeeks or squeals. Here's a thread:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=194260

joshoowa

iTrader: (1)

i havent used those anti squeal springs since my very first brake job.... i havent had any problems yet

a friend of mine lost them was never able to find them

Vette Boy

As I understand it, the springs are anti-rattle, the shims are anti-squeal.

chuckb

I was very lucky not lose one of my springs, it went flying, but I eventually found it.

Joshoowa-do you still have the the anti squeal shims in?

joshoowa

iTrader: (1)

i do have the shim plates but not the springs... i lost them like 2yrs ago and i just never got around to buying the shim kit from lexus again