[earossi]

Well, I pulled my brake pads this weekend for the first time ever on a 968, and found it both good and ugly. There were two things that hampered the pull. The wear sensors and the anti squeal hats.



I had a devil of a time pulling the wear sensors. I managed to break both sensors on one of the rear brakes, afterwhich I stopped and had a beer, because I must be doing something wrong. Still haven't figured out how to do it on the other wheels......need some help. I really don't need the sensors but wnated to keep the car stock. Is there a way to replace the ones that I broke?



Then on to the pads. This is my first experience with Brembos, and the use of the single spring to hold the pads in is ingenius. Then I went to pull the pads and they would not come out. Guess I should have read the manual first, right? Not knowing how hard it would be to follow the manual and use a "spatula" to seperate the the anti squeal from the pads. Finally just pulled the caliper and then pushed the pads to the center and pulled them out. Is there a simpler way to prevent squeal? Or do I need to resue the hats. If I do, what is the best way to install them with some sort of glue?



Thanks.



Ernie

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[FRporscheman]

To remove the pads, you need to first pry between the rotor and pad a little bit, so you push the pistons into the bores. You only need to do it a little to let the pads come out... but you might as well use the old pad as a puck to push against, and push the piston all the way in so there's room for the new pads.



When you hop back in the car, don't forget that the brake pistons are receded all the way... the brakes won't stop you for the first few pushes of the pedal. Also don't push the pedal all the way down, push it part way a few times instead (to get the pistons/pads seated).



As for the squeal... ear plugs. Brake squeal is typical in a Porsche and I just got tired of shlopping funky goop on the pads. And shims always had the complication of requiring you to sand down the pads first to make them thinner. Or drive on them for a few months to make them thinner.



I did find a solution though. I put a layer of electrical tape on the back of the brake pads and guess what? Not a peep. This was on my 944 and I haven't even bothered on my 968.... Good luck!

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