Rotary_7

OMFG GOD!!!! I ordered a set of Hawk HPS online ...when they came, onli tha front fit, the rear was too big, so i called and they said they gave me tha wrong one...so i had to send them back in, until this day ( been about a month) i styill havent recieved them, so i decide to buy sum Raybesto ones form my local parts store to use for a while since my rear pads are like...completed gone , onli metal left (sqeeks like crazy) ....so i come home and start working....realized tha mother F*CKING pads dont fit again!!!! now my car is just outside with a hanging caliper w/ the wheel on... I duno man, i think sum one up there hates me... Any one who which ones will fit my car

BTW: I have a 91 coupe with the regular brakes ( non-vented )

DannyD

get a ride to the part store and take a rear brake pad with you, and when they give you the part pull them out and compare them with your old one.

boosted1205

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We all know morons work at the parts store. Take the part with you to match it up so he/she doesn't give you a wrong part. It happens to me too many times so unless I know EXACTLY how the parts look, I take the part to match it up. They hire anyone at parts store.

Rotary_7

do all brake pads look tha same??? cuz the ones i bought...tha outer side fitted fine, but the inner pad didnt fit (sumthing was in tha way)

wozzoom

When you say they are "too big", what do you mean? Are the pads a different size then the ones you have OR are they to thick?

95R2-89TII Ground Zero

After they don't fit once...that's what I do.

JKM

Wait... the outer pads fit and the inner do not? hmmm...

I don't mean to insult your intelligence...but you did twist the piston until it went all the way down, right?

aznpoopy

i was thinking the same thing...

you know you have to reset the piston on the rear calipers before you can fit the pads in, right? on most cars... this usually means getting a needle nose plier or a socket cube and turning it until it reseats.

... another thought... i'm not sure, but i think i had a similar problem putting hawk HPS pads on my 240sx. they looked like they would fit, but they didn't... it was b/c i thought they were universal - they aren't. they are carside/caliperside specific. iirc once i figured that out they went in fine. you need to take a better look at how your old ones were sitting in the caliper.

Rotary_7

the out side fit, but the innder ones had a metal blockinf half the pad to the rotor

Rotary_7

BTW: whats the easiest ways to reset the piston back in place?

Rotary_7

the ones i had on b4 was smaller and had a line in the middle, but this one is just bigger and a flat piece

JKM

With the pad out, you take a set of needlenose pliers, and use those to twist the caliper. I can't remember if it's clockwise or counterclockwise, just keep turning until it's flush with the rest of the caliper.

I actually had to use some snap ring pliers when I did mine last since I forgot the needlenose...that was a bitch.