Brake question
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Brake question
I just recently bought a 2006 base corvette with a lil over 50k on it. I assume the brakes are not stock. My question is...are the rear brake pads to small? From the looks of the wear pattern they are.
Car was bought from a dealership so no info from po.any help is greatly appreciated.
Car was bought from a dealership so no info from po.any help is greatly appreciated.
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I just recently bought a 2006 base corvette with a lil over 50k on it. I assume the brakes are not stock. My question is...are the rear brake pads to small? From the looks of the wear pattern they are.
Car was bought from a dealership so no info from po.any help is greatly appreciated.
Car was bought from a dealership so no info from po.any help is greatly appreciated.
Here's what I think happened:
Your car is NOT a Z51, and thus came with smaller brake rotors from the factory. At some point, the rear rotors were changed to the Z51 size. However, the Z51 caliper brackets - which push the caliper to cover the entire larger rotor - were not installed.
So, you ended up with Z51 size rotors, but calipers that are set up for non-Z51 rotors. These calipers continue to clamp as if they were camping non-Z51 rotors, creating the odd wear pattern.
Not 100%, but a solid guess, I think!
Last edited by KingCorvette93; 03-28-2019 at 11:57 PM.
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I just recently bought a 2006 base corvette with a lil over 50k on it. I assume the brakes are not stock. My question is...are the rear brake pads to small? From the looks of the wear pattern they are.
Car was bought from a dealership so no info from po.any help is greatly appreciated.
Car was bought from a dealership so no info from po.any help is greatly appreciated.
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Factory brake rotors are not two piece rotors. Those look to be DBA T3 Club Spec rotors. They may not differentiate between z51 and base brakes with those rotors
@KNSBrakes Ken, can you tell what's going on here?
@KNSBrakes Ken, can you tell what's going on here?
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Pretty typical for a Z51(J55 brakes) car. Here is a picture of some old rotors where you can clearly see the swept area.
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But the rotor (2-piece with 3 rows of holes plus slots vs 2 rows on OEM J55) is definitely aftermarket.
Look on the glovebox lid sticker for all the option codes and then go to https://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/c6/2006/ and select "Regular Production Option Codes" for an explanation.
Last edited by HOXXOH; 03-29-2019 at 02:44 PM.
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Factory brake rotors are not two piece rotors. Those look to be DBA T3 Club Spec rotors. They may not differentiate between z51 and base brakes with those rotors
@KNSBrakes Ken, can you tell what's going on here?
@KNSBrakes Ken, can you tell what's going on here?
It's just an oddish rotor design.
Ken
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