do i need to reuse my old shims on my HPS?
 

so i just ordered/recieved new HAWK HPS pads.....

didnt come with any kinda shims.... should i reuse me oem shims on these new pads?

it looks like they have 1 piece rubberized shim on it already.... but honda has a 2 piece for each pad...

btw what are the shims for anyways? to dampen the vibration? to act as a plate so that even pressure could be distributed from the brake piston? (thats all i could think of)

what do u guys think?

(where is the forum god named boilermarker1?) haha

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Re: do i need to reuse my old shims on my HPS?
 

im such a dumb A55... i flame ppl about not searching....and here i go making a thread w/o searching....


i searched n KINDA found my answer.

search > me

Re: do i need to reuse my old shims on my HPS?
 

haha those metal plates on the back of the pad *might* be shims :rofl: its just for noise reduction mainly.

Re: do i need to reuse my old shims on my HPS?
 

well, i emailed HAWK and they replied with:

No shim would be necessary. Please use the grease that came with the pads.
Thank you for your support in Hawk Performance.

Mathew Roskey
Inside Sales / Customer Service
ph# 440-528-3211
fax# 440-528-4099

Re: do i need to reuse my old shims on my HPS?
 

yea alot of pads like the hawk come with those built in shims.

Re: do i need to reuse my old shims on my HPS?