blackboy

I just put new rotors and pads on my wife's 968. Took the car for a drive and the brakes seem to be dragging on the rotors, is this to be expected being that the pads and rotors are now a bit thicker in material? If so, how long before it feels normal again? Other than the dragging issue all else feels fine. Thanks.

odurandina

STOP DRIVING.

are you sure you put the washers back on ?

you'll destroy your rotors in about a minute and a half if you forgot.

kwikt

Is that just on the rear calipers and not the front?

blackboy

I only changed the front rotors and pads. Now about those washers, which washers are you referring to. I put everything back as I removed it.

savvas944

check the pads,they come in 17 mm thick for the front and 19 mm for the rear.
as the discs are thinner in the back,
i could be that you put rr type in the front.2mm on either side could be the difference in clearance.

The wshers are for the rr only.

blackboy

When I ordered the pads from Pelican it gave the same part # for both the front and rear pads so I bought the same pads for front and rear, was that wrong on my part?

sydneyman

im interested in this as well. i did my own brakes about 6 months ago and just ordered the same pads front and rear... maybe i just got lucky as all is well...

blackboy

As a follow up when I ordered the brake pads I ordered the set without the clubsport option as I have a stock 94' 968. When I went back and checked the box for the second set of pads I noticed that the box has Porsche Genuine Parts on it and the part # I ordered however, the pad itself is marked Textar T400 FF with a different part # on the backing plate than that which is on the box . The part I ordered was #964-351-939-03-OEM which was the # on the box and the pads are marked #964-351-930-03. In addition when I went back on the pelican site and entered the part # I found on the pads nothing came up with that #. Hmm. Sydneyman did you order the pads with or without the Clubsport option?

blackboy

Called Pelican tech support and was told by them that the pads for the front and rear are the same. For those that have done this job before, is this correct? Also, when I installed the new pads they had to be persuaded into position they did not just slide in.

porsche_968

Front and back pads are the same....They should slide in if the caliper pistons are pushed back correctly.

Lemming

The brakes should not be dragging, you may possibly have a stuck caliper that needs to be cleaned and have the seals replaced.

Did you bed the pads properly?

sydneyman

ordered them without the clubsport option. found my receipts, they are the same front and back. not sure where savvas is coming from with different sizes...

+1 on possible a stuck piston or caliper.

blackboy

I used the backing plate from the old pads and a c-clamp to push back the pistons into the caliper. As far as the bedding goes, I only drove the car for about a mile due to the dragging and parked it. I ordered a different set of pads from Pelican to see if that makes a difference. They just arrived and I compared them to the first set but to my eyes I don't really see a difference visually. I am going to swap them out tomorrow and see what happens. Can someone tell me what the thickness should be on a new front rotor? Thanks for the responses.

kwikt

Should be stamped on the rotors otherwise the tech spec book lists the standard front rotors as 26mm wear limit and the M030 as 30mm. Another reason why the calipers are dragging could be caused by old rubber brake lines. Over the years the insides of these rubber lines tend to swell shut from age and brake fluid. You can apply the brakes but they will not release or drag. Worth checking out.

blackboy

Does anyone know of a good source for the brake caliper rebuild kits besides Pelican as they do not have any. Also are the pad retainers available at all, I have not been able to find them and I believe that is my problem with the new pads and rotors because I was not able to remove the old pads without removing the calipers and prying the pads out. Equally the new pads would not go in I had to persuade them which I know is not the way it is supposed to go.