Got my money's worth out of these brake pads....
03-29-2005, 08:57 AM
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heh, I did that once...
Fuxored both my pads and discs. Came off the track and my front wheels were smoking. Calipers got baked black also. Also at Thunderhill.
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03-29-2005, 09:04 AM
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just took these off my car last night...
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/17771/pads_003.jpg"></center><p>49k miles, 1 track day recently = toast.
Oddest part, the wear sensor was showing signs of wear, but the light hadn't come on yet.
Oddest part, the wear sensor was showing signs of wear, but the light hadn't come on yet.
03-29-2005, 09:17 AM
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something like 100k with 2 track days....
I put these brakes on at 20k miles, and at one point had a noise issue. I replaced just one set of pads, but only for a short period of time. Then later I sent the brakes back to StopTech as I had broken off a bridge bolt in the caliper. I left them off for that winter, so about 10k miles. I had also tried another set of pads for a short time as well (the "new" one in the above photo). So, in the end, probably something just shy of 100k miles, mostly highway. Oh, and the track days were at Lime Rock, a relatively slow (short) track. 1.3mi, I think.
03-29-2005, 11:43 AM
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on a related note, ryan, have you ever seen stock pads squeal vs stasis xdrs?
the front lower pad metal backing hits the hat when the rotor gets hot. hard to explain w/o a picture..
i had to grind down the metal backing a bit on the pads.. not quite enough yet they still scrape sometimes
i had to grind down the metal backing a bit on the pads.. not quite enough yet they still scrape sometimes
03-29-2005, 12:14 PM
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2 things I would do...
1) loosen the caliper mounting bolts (do not remove), before you tighten them, pull the caliper away from the hub on the bottom edge, then tighten the bottom mounting bolt, then the top. Then torque.
2) some pads have more overhang on teh backing plates then others. This is manufacturing related I assume, I'd just grind the backing plate down to the pad material. For clarification, this is the bottom overhang i'm talking about, near the hub.
Makes sense that it happens when hot, metal expands when hot, so that all adds up to me.
The above 2 things should get you going without issue. I can check things out in person at Pahrump and see what's going on then, but based on your description, if it was my car, I'd do the above 2 things and see what happens.
2) some pads have more overhang on teh backing plates then others. This is manufacturing related I assume, I'd just grind the backing plate down to the pad material. For clarification, this is the bottom overhang i'm talking about, near the hub.
Makes sense that it happens when hot, metal expands when hot, so that all adds up to me.
The above 2 things should get you going without issue. I can check things out in person at Pahrump and see what's going on then, but based on your description, if it was my car, I'd do the above 2 things and see what happens.