Cayman Brakes Update:

[kasspa]

Hi Steve,

I recently replaced discs, pads etc, on my 996 4S but didn't have as much 'fun' as you.....

A rewarding job nevertheless, especially as mine pretty much crumbled as I levered the old pads away from the discs.....

has taken a good 5-700 miles to bed in well so take care until they feel right

Cheers

Paul

 

[stephenbailey]

Hi all
I said i would report back after the completion of my brakes: This really was "Fun & Games" (Which i will come back to in a minute)

The process of fitting new discs, pads and shoes was really straight forward. I got together as much info & knowledge as i could and appreciate all the tips i was given on the forum. My intention was to just replace discs & pads but after stripping everything down i found several cracks in the handbrake shoes and therefore those had to be replaced also.The most awkward part of the whole job was the fiddly tension springs on the shoes, one of which snapped so were replaced with new.
With removal of the old discs and pads which were very scored it was a very satisfying job to strip everything down, clean, re-grease and re-assemble and to know everything is now in perfect working order with new parts that will last some time.

The comical story building up to the job:
As mentioned, i prepared everything in advance, garage clean up to give me more working room, i ordered all discs & pads in advance and was ready to go.
The 1st problem came to light when i found i did not have the 10mm hex for the caliper bolts.
Since my tools/sockets are fairly old (Given to me by my father 20 yrs ago) i thought a new tool kit was in order, ive put off buying one until i really needed it, off to Halfords i went.
Picked up a new "Halfords Advance" gauranteed for life set and drove home. It was like christmas, couldnt wait to open them but when i did what was inside the pack was not the same as the front packaging, which was boxed and selophaned, obviously packaged wrong at source. Drove back and exchanged, right , now im ready to get on with the job !
Working from a trolley jack and only two axle stands i decided to tackle the rear first. Wheels off, brakes stripped down and found the discs were the wrong size. It seems i was given the correct pads for the rear but the wrong discs and when i got to the supplier he told me i also had the correct front discs but the wrong front pads !!
It seems that when i went in to order originally the guy behind the counter who asked for my registration typed in the incorrect last digit and this just so happened to be a "Cayenne" and not a "Cayman"
He straight away swapped my rear discs for the correct ones and he told me the front pads that i had were the wrong ones and changed them for the correct ones (or so i thought)
When arriving home i found the front pads were huge and wouldnt even fit into the calipers, after returning once again to the supplier he said the invoice he had given me was correct but the warehouse man had picked the box next to it, giving me pads for a GT3.
What a palaver!!! The Chuckle Brothers couldnt have written this one better.

Anyway, the jobs now completed and ive also replaced the allow wheel centres and on removal most of the wheel bolts were perished so they too have been replaced with new shiny plated ones. Ive also invested in an insulated hex socket to protect the wheels when removing the bolts, what a good piece of kit that is.

Until the next time

Cheers

Steve

 

[Buddy]

Steve, good to read that you maintained your sense of humour as well as your brakes! As Paul said take care until they're bedded in, those on my car were changed just before I picked it up and seem to be bedding in nicely, it can take anything up to several hundred miles to have them settled but may even feel better than they did straight away depends how bad they had become beforehand.

 

[Motorhead]

Well done Steve - indeed, what a palava.! Sounds as though your supplier was having a very bad day, compounding error after error.

Glad you got it all sorted in the end and at least you've got the satisfaction of knowing that everything's been done properly and that you're good to go for many miles to come.

Your toolbox comment reminded me that it's about time I replaced my antique Britool box - AF and Whitworth sockets have limited use in the metric world - and I'm not even sure that hex bolts were invented 50-years ago! The shrouded wheel bolt socket's a good call too.

Jeff

 

[vitesse]

Great story -all the fun of DIY-at least garages generally have stuff delivered so they lose less time.

Reminds me of a similar problem a couple of years ago when I didn't check the contents of an oil filter carton before draining the oil on my BMW 530D-lo & behold -having removed the filter cap & pulled out the old filter(that engine has the filter housing nearly above the engine pointing upwards with the cap on the top),I found that the box had the wrong filter element in it-very nearly the right size but the bore was small-the box was identical.

Fortunately,the track day 924S wasn't trapped in by the BMW on ramps.[]

 

[stephenbailey]

Hi Guys

thanks for all your replies. Clocked up approx 120 miles yesterday and brakes are bedding in nicely.

i think after a couple of hundred more I may just tweak the handbrake setting to get that perfect, it'll be straightforward now I know how to go about it

thanks again (until the next project- sorting headlamp washer motors)

cheers Steve