Im redoing my front brakes my calipers are bad so i got new calipers, HAWK HPS pads and Slotted rotors. Ive never done brakes before i knwo how to bleed htem thats about it so if you can hlep me that woul dbe great. Oh i also got inner and outter bearings. Right now one of my problems is the Hawk pads wont fit on the caliper the one that goes on the inside were the cylynder is i can push the pad in and it falls out the clip wont hold it in there do i need to bend it and how tight should it be in there?

Tthe outter pad that slides on wont fit on also it looks like it needs to be bent to be put on is it ok to bend it or am i doing something wrong here.
Any thing i shoul dbe awre of while doing this i wana do it right the first time and not touch it til i need new brakes again.

 

you shouldn't have to bend anything ... did you get new clips with the pads ?? are you sure you inserting the pad into the caliper in the right direction ?? the inside of the curve faces outward ... if this is your first time .. it'll be quite a learning experience ..

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IT fit in but doenst sanp in all the way it holds to a deacent extent. The outter pad looks like it needs to be bent like 5 MM and it will fit right on

 

Typically with the outboard pads you have bend the "ears" down slightly to get a snug fit. I've never heard of having to bend the ears up so the pads will go in.

I'd see if you can get them in w/o bending anything.

 

Ive tried for a hour with out bending them its like sll close to going on but it needs to be bent ever so slightly