[s-cars] Sticky Big Red

[Tom Green]

Not too fast, Abe.  Remember you want pads for the 993tt calipers so  
pick from the '96 993tt Porsche applications .  You have Pelican pages  
so you know about them as a source for parts.

If you are trying to get some closer to home to get back on the road,  
call these guys:

http://www.germanautoparts.com/Porsche/1996/993T/B6/5540/2494718

They probably have more brands in stock than the web page lists and  
can perhaps get you going for the weekend.

Or, the ECS offerings for replacements for their bib brake kits will  
work also and they have pretty good prices for the Mintex and Textar  
pads:

http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-C4_S6-Quattro-20v_T/Braking/ECS_Stage_3/


Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

On Jun 8, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Abe Berman wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Thanks for the information and the pic.  My pads are definitely more  
> than 50% worn.  The reason I couldn't slide the pads out was that  
> the anti-squeal shims were glued to the back of the pads and the  
> spiders were in the pistons.  I ended up removing the caliper and  
> then separating the shim from the pads with a paint scraper  
> (carefully).  I then had to lightly hammer the inner pad out.  It  
> was frozen into place with corrosion, which is a very bad sign of  
> course.  I love the Northeast...  This is why I couldn't get inner  
> pistons to retract with pads in place.
>
> The outer pad came out relatively easily.  Once pads were out, it  
> was easy to get the pistons to retract with a padded c-clamp and  
> metal shim so that the pistons went in at the same rate.
>
> This link shows pics which illustrate the issue a bit:
>
> http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-964-993-technical-forum/517198-best-daily-brake-pads-993tt.html
>
> Spent 30 minutes or so cleaning up the caliper and getting all the  
> gunk out of it.  Now need to buy some new pads.  Thanks for the tip  
> on the Mintex Red Box.  The pads on there were Textars.  Anybody  
> know the correct textar part number or applicable model/year Porsche  
> to search the usual vendors under?
>
> ECS had these:
>
> http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-C4_S6-Quattro-20v_T/Braking/ECS_Stage_2/Accessories/ES517877/
>
> Seemed like a good buy.  I would like to order tomorrow so I can get  
> back on the road this weekend.
>
> Thanks again for all the help fellas,
>
> Abe

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