On 27/01/2020 17:14, RJH wrote:
On 26 Jan 2020 at 15:32:55 GMT, "Fredxx" wrote:

On 25/01/2020 20:23:58, Roger Mills wrote:
I've just replaced the front discs and pads on my wife's 20-year-old
Ford Puma, and I have a query about the so called retaining clips. They
are made of highly tempered steel wire and the free ends plug into holes
in the caliper. They have loops which hook behind lugs on the caliper
carrier. They look like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292224457537?ul_noapp=true

According to my Haynes Fiesta manual (Haynes don't do a Puma manual, but
the running gear is the same as a 1995-onwards Fiesta) they look like
this when fitted:

https://app.box.com/s/jelr78aedt1uandeka74e05dnqjc8bq8

Anyone know what their function is? Is the middle bit supposed to
contact the back of the pad? Mine don't - by 2 or 3 mm - see:

https://app.box.com/s/b8vaov18obat0kvldauu8bzt5r16vjrx

Sadly, I didn't make a careful enough note of what they originally
looked like before I removed them. I wonder whether I have put them back
correctly - but I can't see any other way they could go. The loops look
as if they should go further onto the lugs - but if I tap the free ends
further into the holes, they pivot on the caliper body and the loops
move *outwards* rather than inwards.

Any informed comment will be greatly appreciated.

Youtube is a good resource for reference.

Look at 50s into this, it's for a Ford Focus but looks the same as yours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNT3Sa0pFM

Good guide - and the end of the video shows the clip is not in contact with
the pad. Very odd section on bleeding the brakes . . .



Bleeding?! I wouldn't drive that car after what he did - would you?

I'm not sure how usual it is to replace just the caliper, retaining the
old disc and pads.

But as far as removing and re-fitting the spring goes, it was good!
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Cheers,
Roger