M491Dave

Long story short, we bought a 1986 Porsche M491 from my wife's uncle recently. His health problems are preventing him from driving any of his 4 Porsches so we bought the 911 for a fraction (understatement) of its value. We needed to buy new tires since the track only slicks were 6+ years old. When I started putting the new tires on, I notices a horrifying sound coming from the break assembly. Any ides what the problem might be? I haven't had a chance to dive into it yet since it was pretty late when I swapped the tires but the a$$ of the car is still in the air and I'll be diving in sometime this afternoon.

Sounds to me like the backing plate might be rubbing on the rotor or something like that.
It might be helpful to know that the car sat in his garage for over 2 years under a car cover. He took the necessary long term storage precautions such as gas treatment, moth ***** (still getting that smell out) and so forth. We shipped the car from Northern Michigan to Arizona. The car was never driven in the snow either.
Here's what it sounds like...

Any suggests are greatly appreciated.

theiceman

Also check e- brake shoes.

raspritz

M491Dave

Raspritz - Sorry about that. Try it now.

Theiceman - I didn't know there was a dedicated e-brake assembly. I'll have to check that out.

theiceman

if its anything like the sc its inside the "top hat"

I think a brake service is in order anyway so im sure you will find the culprit, just take out the calipers and clean and inspect e brake, calipers, sliders rotors and pads.

floatss

Uwon