[s-cars] Porsche 993TT Big Red anti-squeal springs

[LL - NY]

I have *most* of my pucks, but I didn't adhere them (pulled them off of the
old pads) to the backing plates, b/c I didn't have a shop open within 40
miles to buy the goop.  I thought of putting them on with goop, and probably
should've.   And yup, it's embarrassing, I've taken to doing my braking
rather late so that I can use a decent amount of pedal for the longest
possible period, to minimize the period of sounding like I'm sticking a pig.


On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Manuel Sanchez <manuelsanchez at starpower.net
> wrote:

> I'll add my 2 cents.
>
> I think every car is going to behave differently and you'll need to do some
> trial and error testing.
>
> When I first had my 993TT set-up the car squealed like a stuck pig--super
> embarrassing. I tried the OE pucks, goop (several different kinds of it),
> pucks with goop, pucks with out goop, shims, no shims. Let's say I tried a
> lot of things....nothing worked. I had Hawk pads. I switched to Textars
> based on a lister recommendation...problem solved. I run Textars without
> pucks on smooth S8 rotors without noise.
>
> At the time I pinged the list of course a few that had the same set-up
> (brackets, calipers, pads) said they experienced no noise, while mine was
> deafening, until I switched pads. Sure it could have been coincidental but I
> tried all sorts of combinations, just trying to change 1 variable at a time.
> The Textar switch worked for me.
>
> Since then I have also switched caliper brackets (aluminum to RS2 steel)
> and rotors as well (Euro A8 to S8), still quiet.
>
> Yes, Textars are dusty.
>
> I switched to gunmetal grey rims.
>
> Good luck.
>
> manny
> 95.5 urS6 Avant (back on the road again)
>