eduardo763
06-15-2007, 06:47 PM
I just bought new hawk brake pads from the Tire Rack and the clip that hooks up to the retaining spring is different from the stock pads. I can't make them connect properly. Will I hurt the rators or pads if I leave them off? I always do the brakes on all my cars but never on an Audi. So this is a new one for me. I have also looked in the DIY sections. Any advice would help thanks.[confused] [wrench]
yoogene83
06-21-2007, 11:11 PM
i ran into the same problem when i replaced the pads on my s4 brakes. turns out those are a fairly critical part of your braking system and needs to be treated as such, which is why i zip-tied mine together. haha, no seriously, i searched on audiworld for the better part of an hour and found that dudes on there were zip-tieiing them together because we were giving a6 pads, and not s4 pads like we were supposed to. if you can, try to talk to the people who sold you the pads and tell them about the mix-up and ask them to send you the right ones [up]