11-10-2016, 12:58 PM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
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Getting ready for the track this weekend
New SS brake lines, full brake flush with Motul 600, new EBC yellow Stuff pads and an oil/filter change
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11-11-2016, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayG
Getting ready for the track this weekend
New SS brake lines, full brake flush with Motul 600, new EBC yellow Stuff pads and an oil/filter change
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Me too, sort of, new rotors and pads on all 4 corners and brake flush, I'm still on ATE Type 200 "Super Gold", and my track weekend is the following weekend. It will be nice to not be sweating the whole time due to the heat here in FL.
Also solved an odd pinging/scraping noise, it was the LCA/tie rod ball joint heat shield behind the rotor, I must have bent it when installing the Koni FSD and it was scraping a high spot/pad deposit on my old rotor. I bent it back and it is blissfully silent now. And now that I see this picture up close, I need to clean my calipers, dang.
Last edited by steved0x; 11-11-2016 at 11:09 AM.
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11-11-2016, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 2,079
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A stupid question ?
Why are the guide pins so close to the rotors ?
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11-11-2016, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
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Originally Posted by Pdwight
Why are the guide pins so close to the rotors ?
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I don't know but it is freaky close... I guess to hold the pad in place if you run it down to the very end and it is super skinny at that point?
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11-14-2016, 02:33 PM
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On the slippery slope
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Austin and Palm Springs
Posts: 3,803
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steved0x
Me too, sort of, new rotors and pads on all 4 corners and brake flush, I'm still on ATE Type 200 "Super Gold", and my track weekend is the following weekend. It will be nice to not be sweating the whole time due to the heat here in FL.
Also solved an odd pinging/scraping noise, it was the LCA/tie rod ball joint heat shield behind the rotor, I must have bent it when installing the Koni FSD and it was scraping a high spot/pad deposit on my old rotor. I bent it back and it is blissfully silent now. And now that I see this picture up close, I need to clean my calipers, dang.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
Why are the guide pins so close to the rotors ?
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That's normal
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2014 Porsche Performance Driving School
2020 BMW X3, 2013 Ram 1500, 2016 Cmax, 2004 F-150 "Big Red"
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11-15-2016, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayG
That's normal
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They need to be close to the disk to do their job. As the pads wear, the caliper pistons will push out and the backing plate of the pad will be closer to the rotor, and the guide pins can still do their job. The guide pins are in a fixed position, they are never going to touch the rotor. But I felt the same thing when I did my front brakes, I had to think it through!
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