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Cessna wants something like $85 for the "shim" required on HD brakes. Its a joke of a price! Rapco has some for $60, but still crazy.

FYI if you find yourself in need of a new shim or two, you can make your own from 1mm or .04" high temp gasket material. A lifetime supply is $15 at Autozone. You could make 50 shims out of the sheet you get!

The shim in the second photo is the factory shim. It was so brittle, it snapped in two when I was removing it. The other wheel didn't even have a shim, but when I put the new pads on, the brakes were grabbing. The shim is required for proper functionality! They say its to impede heat from transferring, and that may be true, but the new pads don't have enough clearance from the rotor without the shims. Of course the old worn pads did. But they were about to start causing rotor damage, it was time for replacements.

I scanned the original shim to pdf, and attached it for all to use. Print it to 8.5" x 11" paper and the size should be perfect.