Endless, Horrible, Squeaking
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Hah! Yes...
My friend's in town for the brewer's convention. Not opening a couple stouts a bit early (tonight or maybe sat morning) is going to be tough. Hmmm, you should come down tonight, it'll be a night of bad video games and liquor.... Maybe even a movie, who knows what the night holds.
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Anyway, I made a serious effort to fix the brakes last night. I took a long hard look at the car, then popped the hood and started messing with my aweful boost control. And I still need to do some mundanes like changing the oil.
Also, if you hook your barometer to where it can see boost pressure, funny things happen. Just an FYI.
Does anyone have any advice on chamfering the pads? Matt, you don't run any grease/glue, just the alum pads, right?
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Anyway, I made a serious effort to fix the brakes last night. I took a long hard look at the car, then popped the hood and started messing with my aweful boost control. And I still need to do some mundanes like changing the oil.
Also, if you hook your barometer to where it can see boost pressure, funny things happen. Just an FYI.
Does anyone have any advice on chamfering the pads? Matt, you don't run any grease/glue, just the alum pads, right?
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First report:
Copper sheets seem to work, some. It took a long time to make the car stop right (after compressing all the calipers). It still feels a little soft. It squeaks much less, but a lot more than none.
Copper sheets seem to work, some. It took a long time to make the car stop right (after compressing all the calipers). It still feels a little soft. It squeaks much less, but a lot more than none.
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Ok, yeah, the squeaking with my copper sheets is way better than before. Sometimes it'll squeak, but it's rare. It took many very hard stomps to get the copper to behave and allow the car to stop using all four brakes. It still feels just a bit soft, but it is so quiet. Feels like it needs more leg to stop, probably I ought to bleed it all anyway.
But quiet and no anti-squeak in sight. Now we'll see how it holds up, but I think it's squeaking less and less as time goes on.
Thanks Mr. Y8s. :-) You da man...
But quiet and no anti-squeak in sight. Now we'll see how it holds up, but I think it's squeaking less and less as time goes on.
Thanks Mr. Y8s. :-) You da man...
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Oh, sorry, looks like I'll have to fire the photographer - he didn't get any shots of the back of the pads, so you can't see what was there. But here's the pads and the shims:
And here's installed:
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http://abefm.smugmug.com/gallery/476...82942999_FzuFG
And here's installed:
More pics/comments:
http://abefm.smugmug.com/gallery/476...82942999_FzuFG
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Super clean-it-once-a-year I think. :-)
Er, they are the "smart pad" compound, but I don't know if they are SP10 or SP20, they only had one kind when I got them.
They are nice, the first stop is.. reduced performance, but not scary at all. If you've been going 80 on the freeway for an hour, the first stop is a little slow since they had time to cool, but there's nothing major involved in getting them working, in normal driving they are just much better than stock.
Er, they are the "smart pad" compound, but I don't know if they are SP10 or SP20, they only had one kind when I got them.
They are nice, the first stop is.. reduced performance, but not scary at all. If you've been going 80 on the freeway for an hour, the first stop is a little slow since they had time to cool, but there's nothing major involved in getting them working, in normal driving they are just much better than stock.
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Super clean-it-once-a-year I think. :-)
Er, they are the "smart pad" compound, but I don't know if they are SP10 or SP20, they only had one kind when I got them.
They are nice, the first stop is.. reduced performance, but not scary at all. If you've been going 80 on the freeway for an hour, the first stop is a little slow since they had time to cool, but there's nothing major involved in getting them working, in normal driving they are just much better than stock.
Er, they are the "smart pad" compound, but I don't know if they are SP10 or SP20, they only had one kind when I got them.
They are nice, the first stop is.. reduced performance, but not scary at all. If you've been going 80 on the freeway for an hour, the first stop is a little slow since they had time to cool, but there's nothing major involved in getting them working, in normal driving they are just much better than stock.
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seriously, next pads, get the Q compound to run on the street. use the B for the track. listen to whatever opinion you like best in terms of swapping pads back and forth. the Q are just about dreamy on the street. very easy on dust and squeal to the point of being acceptable.
I did notice the outer pads wearing much different than the inners, so I swapped them, it seemed to be perfect timing actually.
Still, with the shims in there, I'm pretty happy overall. I'm sure I could live with better-than-metal-masters and worse than what I've got.