Front Brake Install

[~Spadwaller~]

I just finished installing my front brakes with just and a breaker bar hand tools. No problems as of yet. I am much man!

[WTF??]

I am much man!

Your avatar backs it up ::chills::

[~Spadwaller~]

You know you love it ....j/k

[~Spadwaller~]

You know how to work on cars as well?? Would you help me lower my car, please Spaddy.


Amanda

Yeah sure, just put abunch of junk in the trunk hahaha! Milts the man to goto on that one babe.

[~Spadwaller~]

I having grinding noises on my front pads, and I think my slotted Brembo rotors are getting warped but I'm not sure. Could this be because I'm using semi metallic pads instead of the ceramics?

[bassthrive]

I having grinding noises on my front pads, and I think my slotted Brembo rotors are getting warped but I'm not sure. Could this be because I'm using semi metallic pads instead of the ceramics?

I had ceramics in the front and metallics in the back and they would make an awful racket when I stopped. Though my noise was a squealing, not a grinding. Plus I dont have swiss cheese rotors. Got ceramic pads all around and now braking is smooth and absolutely silent.

[SpeedSTARs]

I having grinding noises on my front pads, and I think my slotted Brembo rotors are getting warped but I'm not sure. Could this be because I'm using semi metallic pads instead of the ceramics?

Sup Bro,

Are the pads seated properly in the liners (in the calipers)? Is this grinding sound present when your from a roll (while your driving)? And, last but not least, did you clean the pistons in the caliper to ensure that the brake pistons weren't sticking?


It could be the pads that the pads are not seated properly in the calipar.
Or, the bolts that hold the calipers are loose or too tight (just check the torque specs from the OEM settings/specs). Number three, it could be that the brake piston on one of the caliper are sticking. Hopefully this helps out.

[~Spadwaller~]

I having grinding noises on my front pads, and I think my slotted Brembo rotors are getting warped but I'm not sure. Could this be because I'm using semi metallic pads instead of the ceramics?

Sup Bro,

Are the pads seated properly in the liners (in the calipers)? Is this grinding sound present when your from a roll (while your driving)? And, last but not least, did you clean the pistons in the caliper to ensure that the brake pistons weren't sticking?


It could be the pads that the pads are not seated properly in the calipar.
Or, the bolts that hold the calipers are loose or too tight (just check the torque specs from the OEM settings/specs). Number three, it could be that the brake piston on one of the caliper are sticking. Hopefully this helps out.

I only hear the sound when i'm comming to a slow roll stop, and I used brake cleaner to clean inside the pistons. I now noticed that my front rotors don't feel flat anyone they have a groove circle all around the outer rim like the front pads are pushing too hard on the rotor. Anyone know the torque spec for a 2000 solara SLE? Is there a special torque telling tool?

[~Spadwaller~]

When I go in reverse after the car cools down it feels like the pads are stuck togther on the rotor help!

[SpeedSTARs]

I having grinding noises on my front pads, and I think my slotted Brembo rotors are getting warped but I'm not sure. Could this be because I'm using semi metallic pads instead of the ceramics?

Sup Bro,

Are the pads seated properly in the liners (in the calipers)? Is this grinding sound present when your from a roll (while your driving)? And, last but not least, did you clean the pistons in the caliper to ensure that the brake pistons weren't sticking?


It could be the pads that the pads are not seated properly in the calipar.
Or, the bolts that hold the calipers are loose or too tight (just check the torque specs from the OEM settings/specs). Number three, it could be that the brake piston on one of the caliper are sticking. Hopefully this helps out.

I only hear the sound when i'm comming to a slow roll stop, and I used brake cleaner to clean inside the pistons. I now noticed that my front rotors don't feel flat anyone they have a groove circle all around the outer rim like the front pads are pushing too hard on the rotor. Anyone know the torque spec for a 2000 solara SLE? Is there a special torque telling tool?

The little ring on the rotor sounds about right. It looks like your pads are still not seated properly yet. You have two choices, either to drive the car till the pads seat themselves, or option two, to do the race car driver technique. This tactic is like your jamming the brakes hard into the entrance of a Apex in a Lemans race (brake the piss out of the car).

The torque wrench is used to torque down the fasteners/nuts. You can find this at a local Sears Department or Hardware store.

By the way, check the wheels lugs periodically to ensure that the lugs aren't loose. The Slotted rotors have a tendency to jar them loose or even worse the wheel off. This is caused by the vibrations the brake system endures. Think of the slots on the rotor as speed bumps. I wish you luck
Bro.

[SpeedSTARs]

When I go in reverse after the car cools down it feels like the pads are stuck togther on the rotor help!

Are your sliding pins seized/ rusted? Sound like you might need to apply some antiseize on those pins.

[~Spadwaller~]

:o Are your sliding pins seized/ rusted? Sound like you might need to apply some antiseize on those pins.

The "sliding pins" are the 2 screws on the torque plate right?

[SpeedSTARs]

:o Are your sliding pins seized/ rusted? Sound like you might need to apply some antiseize on those pins.

The "sliding pins" are the 2 screws on the torque plate right?

Yup.

[bassthrive]

The sliding pins are what links the caliper to the torque plate. They are the two metal rods that get threaded through the flexible rubber boot when you reassemble everything. These should be cleaned and lubed with a high temp grease. Also make sure you are torquing all the bolts to the right specs.

From memory the big front torque plate bolts are 11kgm.
Caliper bolts (two bolts that screw into the sliding pins) are roughly 3.5kgm.

Bedding in your pads is a good idea. I did a four wheel brake job with new rotors and new pads. After putting the brakes in I did a bunch of slowdowns (no complete stops) of increasing intensity.