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04-19-2015, 12:16 PM | #1 |
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Brake pads sticking after washing car?
Does anyone have this issue with their brake pads sticking if parked overnight after washing their car? Only way I know to get around this is to take it for a short spin after the wash. The coupe is the only car that I've ever owned that does this.
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04-19-2015, 01:00 PM | #2 |
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Yes, it happens. It's best to take the car for a quick ride after washing to dry the brakes OR (if on a level surface), park the car in gear without the parking brake engaged. It's alarming when you encounter it the first time huh?! It happens on other cars too, depends on the composition of the pads and rotors. I am a professional detailer and I mainly see it on performance brakes.
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Normal, do what he said. Yes, it's unpleasant.
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I've tried parking the car in gear without the parking brake engaged. I've even went as far as just rolling the car in without applying the brakes at all and park in gear. Nothing worked thus far. I had figured it was the semi-metalic composition of the OE pads, but have recently switched to Cool Carbon pads and still get the sticking...so the Cool Carbon is probably semi-metalic as well. I guessed I'll just have to dry it by taking a spin around the neighborhood after the wash
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04-20-2015, 12:12 AM | #5 |
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I do both of the above approaches - always park the car in gear when washing (no parking break) and immediatley drive it afterwords. Despite my best efforts, I still have a little bit of pad deposit on the rears (I can just barely feel in at the pedal). This is the only car I have ever owned that seems so sensitive in this regard.
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04-20-2015, 08:21 PM | #6 |
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I have an extreme case of pad deposits as my car was washed and then parked for storage throughout the winter (6 months). Any suggestions on how to get the pad prints off the rotors?
I can feel it in the pedal and it is bad. This coming weekend I have a track event and the rotors are to bad to take as is. Last year I had to replace the four rotors because where the pad print was it corroded and pitted the rotors. My thought right now is brake clean and scotch brite pad. Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. Thanks
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Is there any harm that can be done with my plan of brake clean and a scotch pad? I would do the entire rotor both sides not just the print. Try to get the entire rotor down to a new level that I can then start with. Thanks for your help.
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Mine stick quite badly on the rear as well and I have CoolCarbons. I've accepted that it's normal.
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But, even the most aggressive Scotch pads wont hurt the rotors. I've done it many times and its a very commonly recommended alternative method.
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How are you liking your CoolCarbon? I like their performance, but is very disappointed at their fitment for the front pads. My inner front pads have quite a bit of slacks in it and rattles over bumps. Some say the loose fitting pads are a safety issue, some say it's not. I'm gonna play it safe and pull the front pads off tomorrow and swap them for Akebono Euro.
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You may have to call around to find a shop that turns brake rotors, as its something of a dying art. Any franchised dealer most likely will not do it, you want a small independent shop. If its the fronts, you're shit out of luck, because of the size and the two piece construction. Maybe try bedding them in repeatedly but I don't know if that will do it or not. Putting them on a surface grinder would definitely fix it, but that would cost more than the rotors unless you had a personal connection to a machine shop. |
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The rattlings were so loud that I thought something was loose in my suspension or strut bars. I may have gotten a "Friday night special" pads, then, if you don't have fitment issues with yours |
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Going back to the original topic, here's how badly my rear brakes were stuck when pulling the car out of storage. (I washed it right before putting it away but I took it for a quick spin first to dry the brakes, and I left it in neutral with the parking brake off) If you compare the frame from the begining to the last frame before the car moved forward you can see how much it was squatting and struggling to move forward. |
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Yikes...not what I wanted to hear or see for that matter I thought the OE pads were bad...looks like the CC are worse in terms of sticking after washing? I was hoping the CC pads would stick less. So, it still sticks after a quick drive to dry it off???
Thanks for the video, though. Last edited by XMetal; 04-21-2015 at 09:30 PM.. |
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I spent weeks researching where to grind my rotors and ended up here: http://www.truedisk.net/home.html
Shipping cost more than what they charged, but it's a guaranteed fix. I didn't want to risk not insuring my BBK rotors, but if you don't insure, it's an affordable solution. I would never have these types of rotors turned on a lathe.
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I've had this happen as well. Are we saying that the disc pads are sticking to the disc, or the drum shoes are sticking to the drum portion of the rear brakes?
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