[s-cars] Front rotor wear

Douglas Fifield douglas.fifield at gmail.com
Mon May 14 09:08:35 PDT 2012


Dennis,

The front calilpers are Porsche monoblocks, so no guide pins.  Any
other ideas?  I'm puzzled.

D.

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:07 AM,  <dgraber460 at aol.com> wrote:
> Usually the guide pins are not properly lubricated and free floating.
>
> Dennis
> Denver
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com>
> To: Scarlist <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Fri, May 11, 2012 10:51 am
> Subject: [s-cars] Front rotor wear
>
> Folks,
>
> I have a BIRA system 3 on the front of my S6A.  I have been happy with
> the set up and it was a definite improvement over the stock Girlings.
> I have been running this system for about 6 years with the original
> rotors (slotted but not drilled).  The car has probably put on 60-80K
> since the conversion with at least six track days.
>
> When I put my summer wheels on recently, I noticed that the passenger
> side rotor has worn more than the drivers side.  Any ideas on why that
> may be?  The pads don't seem to be wearing unevenly side to side.
>
> Puzzled,
>
> D.
>
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Douglas in MN
95.5 Audi S//6 Avant
08 Prius Touring (50 mpg reg)
73 BMW R60/5 mit Toaster Tank
82 BMW R100RT mit Russkie Sidecar
ABC# 11822


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