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Car Forum / Porsche / Porshe 944 / June 2006944 turbo loose brake pads
the rear pads are loose in the caliper. i don't put a lot of miles on, and these pads were installed with no noise for a few years before the "clunking" noise started, they still have lots of material and work fine, but are really loose. they are repco metalmasters. i saw an old posting with a similar problem described. the suggestion was to apply the brake quiet goo that porsche sells. did this work? any other suggestions? You need to lubricate the self adjusting mechanism. It is probably stuck. on that note, remember to change your brake fluid periodically - I am in the process of replacing all the hydraulic parts on a 944 where it sat with old fluid for a while - if you change yearly (or even every other year) you won'thave the problem >You need to lubricate the self adjusting mechanism. It is probably >stuck. Bill www.wbnoble.com to contact me, do not reply to this message, instead correct this address and use it will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com There is no self-adjusting mechanism in 944 Turbo or S2 calipers. They are fixed caliper design. The rattling is generally due to tolerance in the dimension of the steel backing plate on the pad. I don't know of a magic solution, but you might try putting a strip of aluminum tape on the caliper end plate, ie, the stainless steel plate at either end of the caliper. > You need to lubricate the self adjusting mechanism. It is probably > stuck. aaah, I think what the prior poster was trying to say was that the sliding part of the caliper may be frozen in place. I had never seen this but an 84 that I'm helping a friend fix has this "feature" - the piston moves, but I had to use a hammer to get the sliding part to move - hence the outer pad woud see a whole different kind of wear pattern if this were the case. Also, there is a spring on the back of the slider that presses against the caliper cylinder that is supposed to stop rattles - perhaps that spring has separated or disappeared? >There is no self-adjusting mechanism in 944 Turbo or S2 calipers. They are >fixed caliper design. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> You need to lubricate the self adjusting mechanism. It is probably >> stuck. Bill www.wbnoble.com to contact me, do not reply to this message, instead correct this address and use it will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com The 944 and 944S have single piston, floating caliper design. For them, there is a slider that may be lubricated. The 944S2 and Turbo have four-piston, fixed caliper brakes. Nothing slides. |
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