[slaughterj]

I need to get the pins that go through the calipers and hold the brake pads in place - where can I get just these without having to buy pads as well?

 

[slaughterj]

Do none of you bastages ever change your brake pins? Since most of you buy aftermarket pads, where are you getting your pins from?!

 

[_Mark_]

Why do you have to replace the pins?

 

[GTS Dean]

If you buy a set of new pads thru MoPar, you get new pins and anti-rattle clips with them. Ask one of the Viper techs in your area if he has (or will keep) some takeoffs for you.

The pins are reuseable almost indefinitely. Sometimes, the barrel spring gets clogged with brake dust and won't lock the pins very well. Use brake cleaner, a stainless wire brush and compressed air to make sure everything is up to snuff.

 

[slaughterj]

One of my pins is significantly bent (i.e., not functional), thus needs replacement. I would like to go ahead and replace all of them, but it seems they are only available with OEM pads, which strikes me offhand as illegal antitrust activity, though I'd have to think about it further.

 

[_Mark_]

They'll just say you are buying the pins and you get the pads for free! /images/graemlins/laughing.gif

 

[GTS Dean]

One of my pins is significantly bent (i.e., not functional), thus needs replacement.

I'm sure there's a story waiting to be told. The question is whether or not the witness will divulge the truth. /images/graemlins/wink

 

[slaughterj]

One of my pins is significantly bent (i.e., not functional), thus needs replacement.

I'm sure there's a story waiting to be told. The question is whether or not the witness will divulge the truth. /images/graemlins/wink

One would think, but actually when I was outside my garage today as the ceiling was being ripped out after my hot water heater overflow bottle ruptured and spewed major water in my house, I found the broken off tip at the end of my driveway?! So there's no big excitement, just my rear brake pin must have gone bad, stuck out, and got snapped.