procharger Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 How thin can the pads get before they need to be replaced, is there a measurement? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procharger Posted August 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 never mind found it 1/32 inch is that right Matco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Matco has depth marker cut into the pad. When the cut out notch disappears time to replace.The Marc brake pads can go to 1mm because they aren't riveted in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 As roger said. Marc liners are epoxied in place with a special epoxy. It's more expensive labor wise for such pads, but they last a lot longer. Matco brake pads conform to Cleveland part 066-10600, so they aren't the only ones that you can order the liners from (that information comes from matco tech support). For example, aircraft spruce sells equivalent rapco liners (pn RA066-10600 on their site, but it's actually RA66-106 from Rapco). I personally like ordering from Matco though, because they include lots of rivets incase you mess one up! Plus you can get a set of pads and liners from their swiftline program (let them know you want to keep them to replace liners yourself), and you can then take a worn set off and replace the liners while having the other set ready to go and put on while you replace the old ones! And FYI: You need this tool for liners, and a vice (clamps to the bottom ridge on the tool). Follow the instructions here on how to use it. Make sure you read them, you cannot put both the anvil and the punch on the tool at once or you will destroy the tool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Unless you either do quite a few brakes, or really want to do these things yourself, the Swiftline system works well. I just replaced mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procharger Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Ok thanks I have a punch machine at work should work ok for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Ok thanks I have a punch machine at work should work ok for that Punching out rivets is fine, but make sure you have a tool head which bucks the correct type of shop head. You also need an appropriately sized anvil to hold the factory head during bucking. Side note: a shop head is the bucked side, the factory head is the manufactured top that comes from the factory. Rapco and matco strongly recommend a twist type tool because you only want to create a shop head that is tight enough to hold the brake lining in place, but does not put excessive pressure on the liner. One more thing: rivets used on brakes are a brass alloy (high temp tolerance), and they are called semi-tubular rivets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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