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Sisu guy 08-09-2015 03:12 PM

Not Warped Rotors... What Is It?
 
I have a 2000 Boxster S with factory rotors and pads. Have done several DEs with no issues. This weekend I experienced the followingIn the middle of day #2 the following started to happen:
When the brakes were hot and I was doing heavy breaking from high speeds (example breaking from ~ 115 mph the car felt like I was braking on a "washboard" surface, meaning that the car became a bit unstable and started to "wobble"

This was NOT the ABS, which feels different, I also did not have brake fading and I had pretty much the same brake distance as before, so the brakes generally still worked great. And it only happened after a few laps when the brakes were hot.

When the brakes are cold everything feels normal. I checked runout and have 0.001" or less on each rotor, no cracking or signs of any pad material buildup. Pads have at least 8mm of material left.

Ideas?..

thstone 08-09-2015 03:30 PM

My guess is that the pad material was being deposited unevenly on the rotor when very hot, then scrubbed off on slower corners and when driving normally. I would suggest trying a higher temp brake pad.

cas951 08-09-2015 04:00 PM

Are you sure they are not warped? What method did you use to check? Loosen the lug nuts and re-torque them properly. Uneven torque on the lug nuts can cause this.

jakeru 08-11-2015 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cas951 (Post 460798)
Are you sure they are not warped? What method did you use to check? Loosen the lug nuts and re-torque them properly. Uneven torque on the lug nuts can cause this.

Check the torque on your brake caliper mounting capscrews? (Make sure not loose)

I mention it only because I recently noticed mine were a lot less torqued than they should be. They seem like pretty important fasteners to not come loose!

Pdwight 08-11-2015 06:41 PM

Hub Centric
 
you might explore this route

Gelbster 08-11-2015 07:57 PM

Mr. Stone is correct imho. Solve by fitting top quality pads. Hawk, EBC,Akebono ?Others will mention their favorites.


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