buschog Report post Posted August 18, 2018 Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smarty156 Report post Posted September 12, 2018 It's to stop the pads rattling. It's just an anti rattle spring. The pads can't come out of the caliper with or without the spring (while the wheel is in). I've been running without mine in for a few months as I struggled to get it back in. No issues with braking but sometimes the pads do rattle slightly if I'm waiting to go in a section with the engine running. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westygas270 Report post Posted December 27, 2018 My friend removed his on his gasser, he was having problems with his pads wearing quickly only getting 3 trials out of them and nearly getting caught out on occasions having no front pads, gas gas told him to take it out, I have a trs and I am going to do the same Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westygas270 Report post Posted December 27, 2018 Tried mine without seems ok, I was told the metal clip holds the pads so the wheel can be easily put in and no problem with the clip out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oni nou Report post Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) So its gone .....well never mind; if it was pointless then the best thing to do was to remove it. ...Thanks again that's twice you have helped everyone out............It would seem like it being put there may have been an attempt to cause friction ..but it did not work as they thought it would do as you got rid of it ....hopefully that has solved the problem completely,.I just hope that there's no whining noises in the future. Edited December 28, 2018 by oni nou Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
