Which is just another reason I like Earl's Solobleeders. Crack the valve and the fluid only goes out, no air gets back in.

 

I should have mentioned the one-way bleeder valve would be a good idea to have/use for this specific operation.

 

^^^^Yep, based on Lance's recommendation from almost 8 years ago:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-for-is-f.html

I use 'em and luv 'em.

Lou

 

I did this the first time around, and managed to squeeze them in.....BUT after driving for a few miles I realised that the pads were in constant contact with the rotors and eventually even started to slightly bake.

Had to stop the car and remove them before things got worse.

I figured the shims not being installed lead to excessive heat transfering to the pads and rotors.

Can anyone think of another reason why the pads start to bake when I squeezed them into the rotors without the shims?

 

The rotors are too thick.

 

^ The Odd thing is I've had the figs 2-piece rotors installed with Racing Brake XT910 pads from January, so nearly 11 months and the rotors haven't gone down in thickness?

I would have assumed enough space would have been created by now, and I drive the car very aggressively at high speeds and brake very aggressively.

Plus I never had this issue when I installed the rotors new on new RB XT910 pads, so could the Project Mu pads really be that much thicker?

 

So this isn't necessarily a Project mu pads issue, but it's related, so bear with me.

Recently I balked at the proposed cost (here in the UK) for a main dealer to replace my front discs and pads, so I purchased Brembo discs and pads and fitted them myself. Other than the simplicity of fitting them compared to my previous B8 Audi S4 I'm now wondering whether the pads are dragging. It may be a combination of switching to winter tyres (I know, its 13C / 55F, but this is just wrong) and there could be tyre noise, but I think I'm hearing the pads in constant contact with the discs. My daily commute is about 35miles each way on motorways and when I stop, the wheels and discs aren't significantly hot, but something is just bugging me. I used a clamp to push the pistons back into the calipers to fit the new thicker pads over the new thicker discs so that's fine. There is some slight squealing at mid pressure (hard pressure and it goes, light pressure and it isn't there), but does the brake system pull the pistons back fully when everything is powered up? Is there anything I should do / look for?

 

^^^^Brembo is a manufacturer of calipers. AFAIK, Brembo does not make disks or pads. So I wonder what brand you actually bought

Lou

 

Oddly enough, I've seen the OEM Jurid pads with Brembo markings on them. Jurid is stamped into the backing plate, but Brembo is stenciled on the pad as well. You are correct, Brembo does not make pads at all.

 

Well the pads came from a motor factors here in Edinburgh, and came in a Brembo box.

The discs came in Brembo boxes and I bought them from Amazon.

The part numbers show as Brembo in each instance.

Does that change anything though?

 

Just wanted to update this thread. We are currently having 20 sets of the front pads from our next batch shaved by 1mm to more easily install over the seemingly ever so slightly wider Racing Brake 2-piece rotors that Figs sells

 

If you just put a little Em.Ay.En into it they should slide right in...







...kidding

 

I'm pretty sure Brembo has multiple in-house foundries not only for calipers, but discs too.

 

Thanks for the update Speedfreaks,

I managed to get one pad in on each caliper and the remaining two I've just given to our projects department to trim down by 1 or 2 mm.

 

I just ordered mine, can't wait to try it....