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(08-07-2013, 06:36 AM)Piggy Wrote: just a shockingly dumb design.
a pug afterthought
It's not a Pug caliper.
It's on millions of other cars. They only seem to have a problem after someone has dicked about with them
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Yeah, it's called putting the bar in wrong, putting the springs on wrong, having a knackered/rusty old slider or buying the cheapest chinese pads and shoddy fitting kit they can find and expecting the tolerances to be good...
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(08-07-2013, 04:37 PM)Toms306 Wrote: They do seem a bit shit though, a bar and a bit of twisted wire to hold in the pads!! 
I'd prefer something a bit more substantial that can't be put in wrong tbh.....imagine if they fitted front pads with that kind of system!
They do. Mine had them.
Mine didn't fall out.
If that worries you, some of the small wilwoods only have a split pin.
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The words 'Tom touched them' worries me a shitload more than either.
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Haha, I don't trust myself with brakes! Or most other things tbh.
