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

[Robert Myers]

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Sheep, Larry, sheep not pig.  :-D  Oh.


At 02:25 PM 10/13/2010, LL - NY wrote:
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>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)
> >
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