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I'm about to do my first brake job on a Porsche. Are there any special tools needed or any helpful advice or should this be a straight forward job.
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Hi Wayne, it should be fairly straightforward. If you don't already have this site bookmarked, I'd suggest doing so:
www.clarks-garage.com
Clark has provided a list of all the necessary tools along with the procedures (search under "Garage Shop Manual"). You should be good to go.
www.clarks-garage.com
Clark has provided a list of all the necessary tools along with the procedures (search under "Garage Shop Manual"). You should be good to go.
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fairly straightforward from Haynes as well. Really nothing out of the ordinary.
May I suggest changing all of your brake fluid if it's more than a year old...
Wayne, if you have done disks before it's nothing really fancy.
Where 'bouts Illinois Wayne?
May I suggest changing all of your brake fluid if it's more than a year old...
Wayne, if you have done disks before it's nothing really fancy.
Where 'bouts Illinois Wayne?
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ill be doing my brake work too this weekend!!!!
im going to take pictures and post them step by step and if I get stuck ill upload :-) ....
btw: live in chicago but doing work in hoffman estates.... if I screw up my baby ill scream loud enouph for you to hear...maybe....
good luck!!!!
im going to take pictures and post them step by step and if I get stuck ill upload :-) ....
btw: live in chicago but doing work in hoffman estates.... if I screw up my baby ill scream loud enouph for you to hear...maybe....
good luck!!!!
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The fluid change is becuase brake fluid is hydroscopic (absorbs water). This can cause rust issues inside the brake componenets (pitting on the pistons, failed master cylinder, etc). Flushing the fluid helps to keep this from happening.
Also, "wet" fluid has a lower boiling temp. This can lead to brake fade in high perfromance situations.
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Also, "wet" fluid has a lower boiling temp. This can lead to brake fade in high perfromance situations.
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I rebuilt my calipers last year. You wouldn't believe the sludge in the right front caliper. I suspect that routine changes might have prevented that. Still yearly seems like a lot. Maybe every two years?
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If I remember correctly, the brake pad wear sensor and the brake fluid idiot lights are not the same. Which one of yours is coming on?
BTW, changing the pads on a 944 is probably the easiest out of any car I've worked on. I can do all four wheels in less then a half hour. The hardest part is taking off the wheel.
BTW, changing the pads on a 944 is probably the easiest out of any car I've worked on. I can do all four wheels in less then a half hour. The hardest part is taking off the wheel.
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