Porsche Calipers

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Post by stumpyrs4 » Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:09 pm

Ok, so eventually got the brakes fitted today. :boots:

A big thanks to MattyKerby01 for his time and patience today, as well as davs4 for his help with the discs and advice. :bowdown:

So what have I had done?

1. New B5 RS4 discs
2. Porsche Cayenne 6-pot calipers c/w pads.

Ok so having heard about this mod a few months ago and realising the OEM brakes just aren't up to the job, I found some calipers on ebay which came with the pads and clips (maybe 75-80% pad left). After reading through various options from this thread I decided to go the easier route and have new B5 RS4 discs. I did consider AP Racing discs too which I almost went for.

Managed to get the discs machined down to 355mm dia by davs4.
Managed to get the calipers machined down by MattKerby01. After much dithering I went for 3mm, knowing more could come off if need be.

Ok offered up the caliper on the new disc and realised I'd forgotten the stepped down bolts. Bollox. No biggy says Matt I've got some tubing the right dims. What we didn't have though is bolts long enough to go through the new calipers and mounting lugs. No biggy says Matt we'll pop down to my works and get some more. A right Aladdin's cave down there. :roll:

Anyway armed with bolts, locking nuts, washers, and a 16mm drill bit, we proceeded to drill out the extg 14mm hole on the arm, to receive the new 16mm bolts to fit through the 16mm calipers holes! Easy-peesy.

After some lost skin and some swearing, and plenty of tea from Mrs Matt we eventually got the first caliper/disc fitted. Not alot of clearance between the calipers and discs, but enough. With new pads though, maybe not. Therefore probably better for 4mm to have come off the calipers, for future reference. :nodder:

Managed to get the pads in and realised the restraint (spring) clip was rubbing against the disc edge. Therefore discs probably should have been turned down an extra 1-2mm. :nodder:

Next up the swapping of fluid pipes. Matt had some super-duper hydraulic pump thing, which allowed you not to have to manually pump the fluid through to the calipers. POP! :piss: Too much pressure into the fluid resevoir, and it formed a crack towards the top, spraying fluid (almost) everywhere. Oops :o Back to doing it manually. All good, but need to fit a new tank now. :oops:

Did the same for Caliper Nr 2. Packed everything away and took the old girl (my car not Mrs Matt ) for a spin. Some god awful noises came out of the wheel arch area. Amyway all seems ok now, after the drive down the motorway.

Will take the wheels off tomorrow and give everything a good clean and maybe take some pics. And probably get the discs turned down another 1mm to stop any more rubbing issues.

All in all very pleased, and can't wait to try them out in anger :jump_clap: :kissmyrings:
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Post by Jules » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:54 am

Nice one stumpy,seems like hard work but you
Got there in the end.
Look forward to seeing the pictures.
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Post by stumpyrs4 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:09 pm

A few pics following a clean:

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And as it was before:

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Much better now...

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Post by Imax » Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:23 pm

A lot of hard work but looks the business... Great job!
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Post by stumpyrs4 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:34 pm

;)

Braided lines and 5.1 next... Then happy as larry, as they say...
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Post by boxerdogted » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:31 pm

Looking good, i hope you dont get any wheel wobble as when you turn the discs down sometimes they will need rebalancing.
I notice you have a fair amount of unswept disc with these calipers and pads, what diameter have you turned them down to.

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Post by stumpyrs4 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:52 pm

No wobble that I've noticed.

Turned down 5mm, to 355mm. But in fairness they need another 1mm off.
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Post by N11LS_J » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:52 pm

Very nice Carl, as said above, alot of work seems to have gone in, but a job well done. :thumbs:
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Post by juice » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:37 pm

Agreed, .... very nice
how does the stopping compare?
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Post by MOR8A » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:44 pm

Looking very nice! Good job well done. :D
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Post by stumpyrs4 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:49 pm

MattyKerby01 deserves the credit - I was merely passing the right spanner/hammer!

Brakes feel more responsive and bite harder, but am taking things easy for a while, till the pads bed in.
Alot better than OEM for sure though.
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Post by MOR8A » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:30 pm

Good for you, hope you enjoy them.
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Post by jimbo1234567 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:39 pm

did you make sure the calipers were the right way round ie the small piston of the caliper on the leading edge and the large piston on the trailing edge. my old ones were done the wrong way round because the car they came off had them mounted forward of the hub resulting in the pads wearing in a wedge shape, not uniform :beerchug:

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Post by stumpyrs4 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:44 pm

Ummmmmmmmmmm :shock:

They seemed only to be able to fit one way round? The bleed nipples at the top. But as you say they must sit forward of the hub on Porkers (never checked), as the marked 'L' on the caliper, is mounted to the right hand side hub, i.e. offside, and vice versa ?

Didn't look/check the pistons??

Maybe davs4 is about and can remember...?

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Post by davs4 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:52 pm

The bleed nipples are interchangeable with the bottom pipe. I think yours look (not seen caliper up close) right though.............

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