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Those are Ate' type brakes, like the Opel I used to have, and some Beemers and Mercedes I have had and worked on. You are just used to a Girling pattern brake. I've never found one easier than the other to work on...


ehh, i dunno. the weird feature for me was the angled shims with small cotter pins that are there instead of the usual booted and greased bolts - never seen anything like it. i like the ones with the greased pins, for sure. especially as these get older, the shims can rust and expand, and get rather hard to...umm..."coerce" out of the slots. i also didn't like the inner shim for the outer pad. they just seem a little rube goldberg for meh.

i had the truck on the lift at a friends shop again, to do that and some other stuff, and the young dudes there were amazed.


'87 swb 5spd 2.6L Montero, >150k miles. Pretty much bone stock as purchased from user ToddStidham1, 'cept some Hella 500's, 700's and Hella ECE headlight conversions.

6'4", 315lbs