Brake Wear Indicator/Scraper Orientation. Am I really wrong?

[Jonathonar89]

Curious to see other opinions on this. Every time I install brake pads, I always install the wear indicator/scraper facing to scrape away from the rotor rather than against the rotor. From what I've seen, I know common advice/practice is actually the opposite where the scraper is supposed to "dig" against the rotor to make noise when the pads wear down.

Any opinions on this? Am I really wrong doing it this way?

In the picture below, you can see how I usually do it. This is on my '00 K2500 Chevy I was working on today. I have the scraper in the forward/upper position.

Untitled by Jonathon Randolph, on Flickr

[a67]

The wear sensor should be at the leading edge of the rotor. IOW, the rotor hits it before the forward rotation takes it into the pad area.



Bob.

[REM]

The wear sensor should be at the leading edge of the rotor. IOW, the rotor hits it before the forward rotation takes it into the pad area.

Bob.

I've read a bunch of threads across the internet today regarding mechanical brake sensor orientation. This is the most clear/logical explanation of the bunch. Thanks for taking the time to post!