[s-cars] Sticky Big Red

[Abe Berman]

Thanks for the help, my research let me to look for 96-98 911 Turbo as the
OEM application for these pads.

I purchased these this morning from FAP99 and Tim said they will arrive to
me by Friday.

  Vehicle:1997, PORSCHE, , 911 TURBO / H6_3.6L_ 1 Front Brake Pad Set
front;;packing Size:piece; TEXTAR POR030651 $134.22

Can I get away without replacing the rotors or having them turned?  They are
in good shape.  I have heard that cleaning them with a scotchbrite pad on a
drill removes enough glaze to aid in bedding the new pads.

Abe

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> 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:
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> 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:
>
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> 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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