Fixing pad taper - will this work???
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Melting Slicks
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
Fixing pad taper - will this work???
So after taking my car on the full road course I have had a pretty squishy brake pedal.
First problem was boiled fluid - which I have resolved by flushing the entire system with Motul 600.
Second problem is pad taper - which I am in the middle of trying to resolve.
I am removing the pads and rotors on every corner and buffing the glaze off both the pads and the rotors. When re-installing the pads I am swapping the inside with the outside. My thinking on this is that the thicker portion of the pad with less taper will now take more punishment than the lower side. This will slowly but surely get the pads to an even kilter before starting to taper in the opposite direction again.
Anybody tried this or have thoughts???
First problem was boiled fluid - which I have resolved by flushing the entire system with Motul 600.
Second problem is pad taper - which I am in the middle of trying to resolve.
I am removing the pads and rotors on every corner and buffing the glaze off both the pads and the rotors. When re-installing the pads I am swapping the inside with the outside. My thinking on this is that the thicker portion of the pad with less taper will now take more punishment than the lower side. This will slowly but surely get the pads to an even kilter before starting to taper in the opposite direction again.
Anybody tried this or have thoughts???
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,094
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From: The 7th layer of hell - Western Washington
I started this conversation over in auto-cross/road-racing section and it took off.
see the conversation here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1672454
see the conversation here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1672454
