I know there is always some head butting on here, but it keeps this most helpful forum colorful and you guys are the best when it comes to help. I'm doing Annual PM's on Dialysis equipment for the next few days to keep people alive....so it will be a few days before I can snatch the Box's shoes off and see what is really going on. I know I do have a squeal on one of my pads at very low speeds while breaking....and with very little brake pressure...once I stand on it the noise stops....so I think I need to remove the pads and re-apply adhesive to the back of the pad. I read somewhere that someone had good luck with hi-temp silicone ....might give that a try this time.
Some notifications from other forum members sent me to this thread, I know I stated before that I was out but one last post.........
KRAM, please refrain from dispensing with the mechanical advice, you clearly know not of what you speak. Continuing to do such will only put other unsuspecting forum members (who take heed to your misinformed advice) at risk of injury, it's bad enough that you relish driving the fool on public roads then feel the need brag about it on forums yet now you give advice on braking issues when you have obviously never dealt with changing pads / sensors firsthand.
To reiterate a prior reply to your phenomenal wealth of P-Car knowledge......
Kind of reminds me of a favorite Groucho Marx quote:
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot."
Some notifications from other forum members sent me to this thread, I know I stated before that I was out but one last post.........
KRAM, please refrain from dispensing with the mechanical advice, you clearly know not of what you speak. Continuing to do such will only put other unsuspecting forum members (who take heed to your misinformed advice) at risk of injury, it's bad enough that you relish driving the fool on public roads then feel the need brag about it on forums yet now you give advice on braking issues when you have obviously never dealt with changing pads / sensors firsthand.
To reiterate a prior reply to your phenomenal wealth of P-Car knowledge......
Kind of reminds me of a favorite Groucho Marx quote:
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot."
For Christ sake, stop acting and posting like a 10 year old.
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While your feeling so childish, why don't you pop off an email to ECS Tuning with your no knowledge claim and moron video, after all they are the ones giving this information.
Grinding, pulsating and a lack of stopping power are signs of a bad brake rotor. If your brake pads have worn deep into your rotor, the lip on the outer edge of the rotor can cut into your pad wear sensors, causing a brake pad warning to appear in the instrument cluster - even if your brake pads are new. Rotors should be checked every time you service your brakes.
This thread is interesting and very applicable to me.
On Monday, 13 April 2015, as I was making my 70 mile commute home from work my brake wear indicator light came on.
When I got home I immediately when to RockAuto & Pelican Parts to order new pads, disk brake hardware kit and brake wear sensors. I had replaced my rotors, pads and sensors back in 2011 well over 100,000 miles ago. My 1999 Boxster has 242,000 miles this week.
But on Wednesday, 15 April 2015, the brake wear sensor light just went out.
I'm waiting on the pads, sensors and hardware kit. Once they arrive I will replace all the pads and sensors, but just looking at them the pads seem to have a lot of brake pad left and my rotors do not have a lip or any groves cut into them like I had when I replaced rotors in 2011.
I will update everyone once the parts arrive and I take the wheels off.
Until then my money is on a faulty/broken brake wear sensor for the Forum Member who started this thread. If the rotor is at fault, then the rotor might have cut the sensor wire due to a mis-routing of the wire harness.
Just my two-cents
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I read somewhere that someone had good luck with hi-temp silicone ....might give that a try this time.
Ooooo, that could make a real mess. Have you tried the trimmable stick-on anti-squeal pads? I think Pelican carries them. I used them and have had no problems.
(I was SO tempted to type a row of asterisks instead of "Pelican" )
Ooooo, that could make a real mess. Have you tried the trimmable stick-on anti-squeal pads? I think Pelican carries them. I used them and have had no problems.
(I was SO tempted to type a row of asterisks instead of "Pelican" )
No , I have not .....but I will get some on order right away
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