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

[LL - NY]

But, aren't we speaking of ... Miss Piggy!?!?!

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

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> Sheep, Larry, sheep not pig.  :-D  Oh.
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> 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.
>>
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>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Manuel Sanchez <
>> manuelsanchez at starpower.net
>> > wrote:
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>> > 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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