What is this brake pad from?

"RacinBob" (racinbob) 07/08/2019 at 12:30 • Filed to: None

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I assume something European. My aunt found this in her garage and my uncle is no longer around to ask so she asked me. I am cheating and asking you!

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 12:36

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Looks like a brembo type pad with a center slide pin for a drop in style caliper.  Audi runs those on the first gen Q7s and most of the brembo calipers I’ve had also have a similar design.  

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 12:37

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Usually they go inside a caliper, which presses them on a brake disc, which stops the vehicle, so I would assume it’s from a caliper somewhere.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 12:38

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I would guess it be used on a 4 wheeled vehicle used to transport people & stuff.

MonkeePuzzle > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 12:39

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its from the brakes

CalzoneGolem > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 12:41

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ITT:

Looks like a brembo type pad with a center slide pin for a drop in style caliper. Audi runs those on the first gen Q7s and most of the brembo calipers I’ve had also have a similar design.

Also ITT:

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 07/08/2019 at 12:45

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Calipers with slide in pads are the best thing since sliced bread. We used Wilwood GP200 2 piston calipers on my schools FSAE car and pad changes were so easy. Just 2 pins retained by little spring clips and then the pads would slide right out. The master cylinders we were using even had return springs in them so the Pistons would automatically retract themselves, allowing you to slide a worn pad out and a fresh one in with zero fuss and only requiring a pair of needle nose pliers.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 12:51

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Obviously it’s a brake pad for the luxury yacht your uncle used to have!

66P1800inpieces > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 07/08/2019 at 12:58

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Wilwood might have better corrosion protection that Audi.  My neighbor was changing the rear pads on a Q7 and really had to hammer out the pins due to northeast corrosion. 

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > MonkeePuzzle 07/08/2019 at 13:02

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... from his boat.

MonkeePuzzle > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 07/08/2019 at 13:07

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boat brakes look more anchory

For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle 07/08/2019 at 13:09

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Me, pointing at the pad:

“Thems the brakes”

MonkeePuzzle > For Sweden 07/08/2019 at 13:14

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thanks dad, I’m hungry

For Sweden > MonkeePuzzle 07/08/2019 at 13:14

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The go cook something sheesh

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > MonkeePuzzle 07/08/2019 at 13:21

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Nah man... what do you think this attaches to?

MonkeePuzzle > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 07/08/2019 at 13:28

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the brake pad ATTACHES to the brakeS!

RacinBob > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 07/08/2019 at 13:47

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Darn, I thought you had it. He had a VW 411, but not the same pads

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 07/08/2019 at 14:41

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Yes they are.  So much simpler for swapping pads.  

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > 66P1800inpieces 07/08/2019 at 14:46

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Hell the pads are nothing. The caliper mounting bolts, now that’s a job for a big breaker bar. I had to grab a few feet of pipe to go in the end of my breaker bar to loosen the front caliper bolts. And those rotors are no joke either. Monsters. But they work great for those cars. My S8 has about the same size rotors as the Q7 uses, but I don’t get the fixed calipers, instead it’s a two piston floater. But they still do the job.

I had a drill bit that was just the right size that I’d whack with my brass hammer to knock out the pins.  But they never caused me any grief.  Just the bolts.

RacinBob > RacinBob 07/08/2019 at 20:59

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Ok, I am pretty sure this is it. - 1965 or so Corvette. My u ncle had 2 Corvettes stolen from him in college. I think they were fuel injected.

Then he got a Impala SS because it was less “stealable”. They got married in 1967. 

This sure looks like the pad.