what's up with cobalt pads
11-05-2008, 11:14 PM
#1
Drifting
Thread Starter
what's up with cobalt pads
I read the post about having to use a half inch drill bit to open the hole on some of the one piece pads. Today, I spoke with one of our sponsors who informed that the caliper pins are getting bent from the use of the one piece set up . I placed a call to Cobalt and they said that they had a problem with some of the earlier pads regarding the holes and the solution was to use a file to open them up but they hadn't hear about the pins bending. If anyone is finding these problems can you please post. I guess I'll return my new pads and go with Hawk 70s and Coleman rotors for my C6Z06.
11-06-2008, 08:24 PM
#2
Racer
I read the post about having to use a half inch drill bit to open the hole on some of the one piece pads. Today, I spoke with one of our sponsors who informed that the caliper pins are getting bent from the use of the one piece set up . I placed a call to Cobalt and they said that they had a problem with some of the earlier pads regarding the holes and the solution was to use a file to open them up but they hadn't hear about the pins bending. If anyone is finding these problems can you please post. I guess I'll return my new pads and go with Hawk 70s and Coleman rotors for my C6Z06.
11-06-2008, 11:49 PM
#3
Drifting
Thread Starter
Update on info. Today I spoke with one of our sponsors who stated that the pins don't get bent due to the one piece pad but get bent as a result of the design of the caliper regardless of padlets or one piece design. I'm glad to hear some positive feed back on the pads and the compound.
11-07-2008, 12:04 AM
#4
Try the Cobalts before you send them back. They work very well and seem to hold up under hard braking very well, are easy to modulate and are rotor friendly. They are also nice since you do not need to bed them in.
Hawk makes good pads for a good price. If you drive on the street, the one BIG drawback is the deposit they leave on your wheels. It is almost impossible to clean. If you just race, this will not matter.
Hawk makes good pads for a good price. If you drive on the street, the one BIG drawback is the deposit they leave on your wheels. It is almost impossible to clean. If you just race, this will not matter.
11-07-2008, 12:45 AM
#5
Drifting
Thread Starter
Try the Cobalts before you send them back. They work very well and seem to hold up under hard braking very well, are easy to modulate and are rotor friendly. They are also nice since you do not need to bed them in.
Hawk makes good pads for a good price. If you drive on the street, the one BIG drawback is the deposit they leave on your wheels. It is almost impossible to clean. If you just race, this will not matter.
Hawk makes good pads for a good price. If you drive on the street, the one BIG drawback is the deposit they leave on your wheels. It is almost impossible to clean. If you just race, this will not matter.
11-07-2008, 10:33 AM
#7
Racer
Here is a picture after six events and no cleaning. They are very rotor friendly and dust free 3mm of ware. Although the track I ran are not very hard on the brakes NJ, Lime Rock and Monticello.
