<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>71 FI Std....but with a 73 front axle beam and 73 brakes and the works. It's the double valve caliper.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">What exactly does the Piston Retainer Plate do? Sure, name suggests it retains the piston, but where can the piston GO that it needs to be retained?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> I've had cars which turned out to be missing a plate here and there...rarely with all in place...but what are effects of NOT having one?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> As a temporary "fix" of some odd braking shakes at front right wheel, I pulled the brake pads and checked the disk. One pad was thick enough but, along the side with the pin holes, the pad sloped up slightly...a shape I haven't seen.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> The other pad, again nicely thick, sloped down noticeably...not drastically...from the pin hole side to the other. Working on the street with rain on the way, I just switched the pads, left one stubborn Piston Retainer Plate out, and took it for a successful test spin. Braking now fine and shake-free. As I
said, temporary "fix". <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I haven't measured thickness of the disk, but will soon change for reconditioned, thicker, one.<br></div></div></body></html>