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12340987 · 07-18-2010, 11:50 PM

On my 93 ES300 my front pads have these two wire springs shaped at a 90 degree angle that seem to keep the pads backed off the disc so they don't drag. It got dark and I lost track of a set of them. Are they kind of important? What are they called and where can I get them?
I also need a new retaining clip, yet schucks.com doesn't show anything but pads.

***fenixus*** · 07-19-2010, 01:21 AM

you can get them from your local dealer, they are cheap.

uibalnme · 07-19-2010, 01:35 AM

They're called anti-rattle springs.

12340987 · 07-19-2010, 02:06 AM

Nevermind... they were stuck into the bottom of my sandals.

haux · 07-19-2010, 02:04 PM

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Nevermind... they were stuck into the bottom of my sandals.

Reminds me of when I lost two nuts (shh!) one night. Turned out they were stuck to the magnet base of my lamp.

carsrus · 07-19-2010, 02:20 PM

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Nevermind... they were stuck into the bottom of my sandals.

Hahahaha same exact thing happened to me and I went nuts trying to find them.

***fenixus*** · 07-19-2010, 02:21 PM

73sport · 07-19-2010, 04:44 PM

OEM vs others. . .

Most OEM stuff I've encountered is stainless steel while lesser brands are zinc coated spring steel.

Its worth the trip to the dealer. . . .

Nuts: a sway bar bolt went MIA this past weekend during a rack and pinon remove/intall. Looked way to long only to find it stuck to my jack stand which "I", in all my wisdom, placed a magnet on years ago.

12340987 · 07-19-2010, 10:18 PM

It would be an honor if this thread evolved into the neverending, "stuff I lost and later found in stupid places," thread.

I was in a grocery store when I found them too. Something kept poking my foot so I kept shaking it and stopping to brush my foot... I must have been quite a sight.

I went to the dealer... $40... I don't think so. Nobody knows what they're friggin called either. I tell them pad retaining clips, anti chatter springs, pad mounts, all they can do is point to a picture, what are they formally called?

uibalnme · 07-19-2010, 10:31 PM

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...all they can do is point to a picture, what are they formally called?

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Originally Posted by uibalnme

They're called anti-rattle springs.

73sport · 07-19-2010, 10:31 PM

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

1993 LEXUS ES300 3.0L 2959cc V6 FI (V) [3VZFE] DOHC : Brake/Wheel Hub : Disc Brake Hardware Kit

DORMAN Part # HW13269
Front; FMSI No.D476/D697

$16.23

12340987 · 07-20-2010, 12:15 AM

uibalme:
Ah, so ALL those are anti rattle springs. I thought you meant the "L" shaped ones, and that the clips would be called something along the line of, I don't know, pad clips.
Forgot about rockauto... $16 for $.50 of metal.

Hajoca · 07-20-2010, 10:34 AM

The 8 eight pieces are the brake pad guides, they are stainless, and are fitted to the caliper. Toyota calls it Pad support plate.

L shaped wires are anti rattle springs called anti squeal springs

the 2 pieces are clipped to pad and are the pad wear indicators that make squeal and grinding sound when the pad material wears out