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Old 09-14-2008, 04:50 AM
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Ok this is going to be a noob question but my car being my first and all I am not so sure. I have a 5spd 04 GT. Everytime I park my car, I leave it in neutral and just use the handbrake which I heard only locks the rear. When I look into my wheels to check my brakepads and check the front, I realized that the brakepads are contacting the rotors.

Is this normal? I asked my dad and he told me that even though it looks like it's touching, it's not really. He said theres not suppose to be a visible gap or something...


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Old 09-14-2008, 06:35 AM
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Your dad is correct.
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Old 09-14-2008, 04:18 PM
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yep hes right..cuz if there was a big gap it'd allow the pads to flop around and thats just not good lol..
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