HELP - Are These Pads Wrong?

[peterbrown77]

So the pads I removed (Textar) had lugs that go into the pistons, the new ones do not. This flies in the face of 101 Projects, since there's no I could have slid them out without removing the caliper (good thing I am also doing the rotors or I would have beat on them - instead I removed the caliper instead of fighting it).

I can't imagine the intent was to transfer the braking load to the pistons either....

TIA

[peterbrown77]

hmm., I guess these are the shims and they're just stuck to the old pads?

[ChrisZang]

These are anti squeal shims, they are stuck to the back of the brake pad. You separate them (before taking them out) by very carefully sliding a knife between the thin metal of the shim and the back of the brake pad. No need to take the caliper off