[s-cars] I HATE my Porsche brakes!!!

[Jack Gagnon]

Paul,

I know just what you are talking about.  I had this problem with my 92 S4
last summer shortly after purchasing it.  I was fooled into changing the
wheel bearing to no avail.  I did seem to fix it by adjusting the caliper
position slightly and using a small amount of high temp copper silicone on
the back of the pad.  It does come and go a little bit but not as bad as you
describe.  I am using 13 inch rotors btw.   Perhaps new pads or sanding your
current pads to make the leading edge have more gap in the front than the
rear (kind of like toe out on rim brakes on a bicycle to eliminate squeel)?

Jack

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[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Paul Friedenberg
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:52 AM
To: S Car; Darin Nederhoff, Managing Editor
Subject: [s-cars] I HATE my Porsche brakes!!!


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Yes, that's right, I hate them and now I am starting to hate my car! Anyone
want a S6 with 51k miles? Take it please. Not really. So as previously
posted, I am having some vibrations (making a humming noise) coming from my
front end. (993 carrera calipers, S6+ rotors) It almost sounds like a wheel
bearing, but it is not. It is the pad hanging up on the rotor. I replaced my
aluminum brackets with RS2 steel brackets with some custom made spacers.
Nothin'.  I called Dave Jones (he has seen this, however only on URS6s, not
on URS4s), he said to file down the leading edge of the pad, well, tonight I
did that, nothin'. The sound (which I can feel vibrations in the steering
wheel and floorboard) actually got worse. My next step is to turn the
rotors, then move them left to right, to reverse the direction of the slots,
which are now facing away from the direction that the rotor is spinning
(I've seen both ways) . If this does not work, its new brakes time. I am
thinking 996 turbo calipers over Porsche rotors. How does this work? Do you
need a new hat (not for your head silly)?
Anyone have any suggestions???? PLEASE?????????

Paul "Stupid frickin piece of $HiT $#@#%&#&$&$" Friedenberg

PS, I might want to sell my car, but I will set it on fire first
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