GothingNC

The noise started becoming more active.

I was traveling straight up my brothers driveway and there is about a 2 inch drop onto gravel which caused a load groan

I now have the car on jack stands and the D/S wheel has some play when I am rotating the wheel back & forth clockwise & counter-clockwise and it seems to be a bit tighter then the P/S wheel.

I got the bearing cap off no problem but I cannot find the correct allen key

Is it 8MM?

My stomachs growling now so it's time to grab a bite to eat.

John

Mike Murphy

I think you can get rid of that groan by pulling the pads, cleaning the backings and calipers nice and good, and then apply some compound.

GothingNC

Thanks for the tip Murphyslaw.

I plan on re-greasing the outer bearings & checking the adjustment and I noticed that the brake pads only have about 6 mm of friction material left on them so I might as well change them while I'm in there.

John

GothingNC

I pulled the brake pads last night and they are actually down to 4mm.
New pads (Front & Rear) are on order through Pelican - Metal Masters

Also there is zero noise when I spin the rotors with the pads removed and the calipers seals still look good.

John

GothingNC

I almost got to the point of replacing the brake pads.

I just spent a few hours yanking the old A/C hoses and parts out of the wheel well and removed the wiper fluid tank along with a few pounds of dirt & sand.

I decided to double check the caliper seals and noticed that one of them was dry & cracked.

Should I replace before moving on?

John

Rotten Robby

My '84 Carrera Coupe does this on very low speed operation. I assumed it was brake pad vibration? The car is a 60K mile original condition car. I figured new pads with some kind of anti-squeal shim or spray might do the trick but after reading Peter's post I will go with that...

Other weird Carrera-isms are that the bright lights will go on randomly during night time operation... Not sure what the fix is for that.

theiceman

the indicator stalk ( high beam control ) is at fault. I have not had it happen to mine but I hear there is a "fix' for that ..

GothingNC

I survived my 1st caliper rebuild

I used the c-clamp with a brake pad to hold in one piston and hooked up the brakeline back up and gave a brake pedal a few pushes to pop out the piston.

The piston with the cracked seal had a bit of crud that I was able to polish off.

My wife was real thrilled with me choosing the kitchen counter-top as a work bench...

Straight pin helped removing the inner seal and the metal clamp ring was a peice of cake. I was expecting the worst after reading about others having a frustating time re-placing the pistons and re-installing the clamp. Maybe it is the earlier calipers having the metal ring installation problems?

Next up is pad replacement & fluid change and a 6-pack of Red Stripe

At the rate I'm going i should finish up when the temps drop back into the lower 80's.

John