Transit Mk3 Front Brake assembly

[axxez]

Hello!

I have a question regarding the assembly of the front brake of my Transit 100L of 1989 with Lockhead dual piston brake.

It is possible to assemble the breakpad-holders in 2 directions and I am wondering which one is correct..
Please check the images and I hope you can understand my problem from them. The assambly of the old pads might have been wrong, just to mention that. Not sure if I'd take it as reference.

[axxez]

That version with the old rusty plates (will replace them) feels quiet good, although pads can travel a small bit in the direction of driving/ rotation of axle. The image with the new plates sits very tight, no movement in direction of driving/rotation of axle is possible.

One guy told me, that the rotation should not be stopped by just those plates, as the forces are too big. I totally agree with that. Only thing is, the old pads where mointed like the very tight version, running for around 30.000km. My thought: it worked, although it was not mounted correctly.

Any thoughts, suggestions, images, knowledge on that? Thanks in advance!

[axxez]

I just assembled everything and went for the not so tight version (the one with the rusted plates) and used new ones of course. I tested by hand how much the pads can rotate and they do stop from something in the background which should come from the brake caliper. So now I am pretty sure which version should be correct. Still, if someone has infos or thoughts on that, would be nice.

Btw., the splines from the brake-kit are way harder material than the ones I had on stock (which I did only use for a test-assembly). So those brake-splines are special and standard ones should not be used!

[Mislaid]

The pad retainers, as the name suggests, are there to stop the possibility of the pads rotating by the pin and falling out.
This is required as the pin does not go through the pad.
Also act like an anti-rattle shim
They are just sprung steel, usually only a little finger pressure to get pin over the top once in place.

[Ralph.9]

The top picture is the correct way to install the pads