I've got an annoying newbie problem and would like your advice. The question is do I need heat shields/shims on the disc brake pads? I am rebuilding a 63 22Sb (11.012) with my son and was bleeding the brakes when the bleeder valve broke off. So I sent it off to the machine shop. They couldn't fix it so I had to get a rebuilt caliper. I foolishly sent in the old caliper with the nearly new pads still attached. The shop returned the old caliper without the pads or heat shields. I had to get new pads but the pads came without heat shields. Reading the manual is looks like the first version of the girling brake does not have heat shields but versions 2 and 3 do use the heat shield. The caliper looks like a type one brake. Can I put the brake pads on without heat shields or should I wait another two weeks (been six weeks off the road so far) and try to get new heat shields?
Thanks for your help,
David