Rear brakes dust shield
 

Hey guys,

I am gonna replace my rear calipers and rotor soon, should I remove the rear brake dust shield while i am at it or does that actually do something?

Thanks

It keeps heat away from the axle and various rotating parts during track duty.

Pretty much decorative :tiphat:

Not sure how much you've read up on it, but it seems most people just bend up the lip so that the rotor clears. I've heard it can be a bitch to remove them (not sure how true that is). When I get around to a swap I'm going to bend the lips back.

I was gonna cut it

You have to remove the bearing to remove the shield.

For god sakes

They all are like that.

f that, I think I am just gonna cut it

Harbor freight nibbler. Literally took me a few seconds to get it cut off, then i just hit it with some sand paper and i was on my merry way

I'm getting ready to do a brake upgrade and I was wondering about this myself. My intention was to replace mine with the correct ones for the sport brakes, but after hearing this, I'm just gonna cut them. Not worth the time, money and energy.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077GML4BS..._XYFBCbG96N1YJ

This should do the trick.