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Originally Posted by MartinObviously
Just a silly flat piece of metal? it's a brake pad wear indicator. it's not needed.
The idea is you can see how much pad you've got without removing the wheel. It's common for them to rust and snap. sounds like yours has rotated and damaged the rubber on the CV joint letting all the grease out?
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Ahhh that makes sense. Had a look when I got home today, I thought it joined the caliper to the wheel assembly but it's just a bar that spans the caliper, thought it may have been something to do with the pads due to the spacing of the bolts.
Sweet, looks like I'll just take the other side off too.
Yep, it snapped and ripped the CV joint rubber to shreds and had started to do some pretty heavy damaged to the ball.
Sadly, discovered a radiator leak today too and the other drive shaft is looking a little worse for wear. Looks like this is either going to scrap or to be sat in the garage as a long term project.