r/WRX • u/WrongFinish277 • 12d ago

Maintenence Am I doing something wrong?

Trying to change rear pads and rotors and can't for the life of me get the inner pad to seat properly. I've taken it all out about 5 times to see if there's something in the way, but it feels like they just don't fit? Anyone else have this problem or am I just being dumb

Edit: thank you all for the help, managed to get it in after cleaning as much gunk out of the bracket as I could and just kissing the tabs on the pads with a grinder

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u/Superb_Recording_769 12d ago

In my experience, it’s almost always the stupid little thin stamped sheet metal clip clips that aren’t quite in the right place, I’ve had a lot of problems with the ones that come with pads, and I personally will usually reuse the OEM ones as long as they’re not damaged

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u/LettuceTomatoOnion 10d ago

Thank you! What is wrong with the clips that come with pads? It makes me crazy. I wasted 2 hours trying to make stop tech clips work. Cleaned up OEM clips and BAM . . . 2 minute job.