Uh oh. I got brake problems!

[dcporsche99]

Great job and cool pics!! Glad to hear everything went well! :dance:

[Sputter]

Good job and I really like the pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[Sammy]

Nice job Randall!

When did your calipers turn Red??? I must have missed the thread...

Sammy

[blue2000s]

You used loc-tite on the insert threads into the carrier, right?

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by Sammy

When did your calipers turn Red??? I must have missed the thread...

I painted (brushed on the G3 stuff) last January. It's held up well although I did a crappy job of cleaning the calipers.

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

You used loc-tite on the insert threads into the carrier, right?

Great question. No, I did not. The insert is so firmly put into the carrier with the tool they give you that it is not needed for the Time Sert system.

I did put anti-seize on the new bolts though so they'd come out easily next time.

[Houston C4S]

Randall,

I feel all left out.

You didn't even mention the hard work I was doing while you two were
drilling and filling.

You even photographed it.

But did you share?

No.

- Mark

PS: For the rest of you, I was roasting up some Brazilian coffee beans. And
they turned out GREAT! (Even though Randall, incorrectly I might add, says
that the process smells like burning a dead cat. I would like to find out how
he knows what burning a dead cat smells like.

PPS: Now Randall's brakes feel just great. Nice firm pedal. A lot better than mine,
I must say. Mine are like putting your foot in a bowl of oatmeal. But it goes back
to the dealer this week to get fixed. Again.

I plan to tell them to just keep it until it's fixed.

[dcporsche99]

OK Randall,
Looks like you need to resolve this right away....ASAP! Otherwise, you're in big trouble!

P.S. BTW, how do you know what a burning cat smells like....huh?? Maybe you shouldn't answer that!

[Lil bastard]

Looks good. Hope you red locktite'd the threadcert or it may pull out if you ever remove the caliper bolt in the future. @ 85Nm (63 ft.-lb.) to tighten/loosen the Caliper bolt (you'll undoubtedly apply more when removing if you use a breaker bar), you also want the threadcert to stay fast.

[RandallNeighbour]

OK, here's a pic of Mark roasting his coffee beans, attempting to be productive whilst I was busy repairing my brakes...

[Dragonwind]

After seeing this (and others with problems) and knowing the history of rusted bolts
braking off or stripping I am going to take all my parts and bring them to Musante and have them install it for me. I'd rather pay them to take care of it then deal with a bad situation 1 week before a trim to North Carolina.

There isn't anything wrong with my current brakes so I'll wait till I get back.


Chris

[silver arrow]

Thanks for the info and pics. I hope I don't have the same problem when I change my front rotors. +1 on kicking the guy in the nuts that didn't use anti-seize. lol

[RandallNeighbour]

You're welcome.

I'd say don't freak out over something that may not happen.