I found another picture inside of a PDF ffor installing a slider brake upgrade kit....
Go to page 6 of this document ---
http://www.getdiscbrakes.com/Instructions/MDC62DC.pdfActually a good how-to for folks not familiar with the process.
Its this picture I am referencing...
What I dont get is that the clips as installed that way and those other little clips seem to do very little.
There are dimples on the big clips that dont seem to make any sense, and the small "clips" seem to do absolutely nothing....then there are the rubber rings.....what are they supposed to do?
WTF?
Seems to me that all the big clip is doing is holding the caliper into the adaptor by ways of the narrow "loop" that branches off of the big clip.
Then why the dimples? and why the little "clips"?
I am not an engineer, but these features sure seem pretty useless if installed this way....
This system almost looks like an a last minute add-on to me......the clips on the slider calipers on my ford exploder were intricate gizmos, locking in a certain way etc....looked like it belonged.
I dont want to overthink this and if this is "correct" and is safe then its painfully simple and easy...
But I just want to make sure....I dont want my calipers comoing off at speed. LOL