Member Since: 11 Oct 2022
Location: North Yorks
Posts: 38
What’s this on the new EBC pads ??
Just opened the box of new EBC pads to fit to the front of my Disco 4, however they have an odd looking round thing on them ? Anyone know what this is ?
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7th Jan 2024 4:04 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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Just a guess but wonder if there vibration dampers ?
7th Jan 2024 4:38 pm
Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
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^^^^^ Wot he said
Dampens the pads movement when the calliper is not loaded (compressed) "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
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7th Jan 2024 4:40 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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Oh wow what a guess
Many thks @Kilovolt for confirming it
7th Jan 2024 4:52 pm
Mike_Pax
Member Since: 11 Oct 2022
Location: North Yorks
Posts: 38
Thanks folks I thought it must have been something like that. However it’s only on 2 out of the 4 pads though. So what do you reckon…,does it go against piston side or opposite side ?? You’d think it would be mentioned in the paperwork in the EBC box….but nothing 🙄
Cheers
7th Jan 2024 5:50 pm
kirkyworld
Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Northampton
Posts: 566
My standard pads had these from the factory, so did the Ferrodo (OE) pads I replaced them with. If yours hasn't got it have they been swapped before?
7th Jan 2024 6:20 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6576
Mike_Pax wrote:
Thanks folks I thought it must have been something like that. However it’s only on 2 out of the 4 pads though. So what do you reckon…,does it go against piston side or opposite side ?? You’d think it would be mentioned in the paperwork in the EBC box….but nothing 🙄
Cheers
You could ask EBC’s customer support
7th Jan 2024 7:26 pm
Mike_Pax
Member Since: 11 Oct 2022
Location: North Yorks
Posts: 38
So after a bit of research, it turns out these are supposed to be fitted with the weight mounted in the outer position on each side towards the top of the rotor. Makes no difference at all to actual braking performance but can help reduce resonance and hence noise….as correctly suggested by gstuart & Kilovolt 👍.
7th Jan 2024 7:28 pm
dunton10
Member Since: 23 Dec 2006
Location: SUTTON COLDFIELD, WEST MIDS
Posts: 208
hers a copy of my post from April2018.
quote="dunton10"]The silver cylinder thing is a vibration damper and from my research the pad with this on goes on the outside (wheel side) of the disc with the silver bit at the top. Hope this is correct I’m doing my fronts Wednesday and rears Thursday. Hoping for decent weather and that it all goes well. Done them before on my D3 but not on my D4.[/quote]Currently 2015 D4 SE Tech, Corris Grey
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