Given all the track junkies on the forum I thought this would be a good place to ask...

I know that a lot of y'all change out the OEM brake pads for dedicated track pads before heading out for a track weekend. I have a question about changing back to OEM after the event is over.

So how essential is it really to replace the vibration dampers with the OEM (Textar) pads? Separating the pad from the vibration damper is the longest part of the pad change and the lazy part of me would like to avoid putting them back in and bonding them if I can get away with it. However, I'll put them back in if it means that I'm going to imitate a school bus...

Thanks!

Tonger

 

i leave mine off & they don't squeal at all. as another FYI, some race pad dust is next to impossible to get off your wheels if it gets wet and then dries. because of this, i scrub the inside of my wheels when i switch back to street pads.

 

Absolutely, 100%, NOT essential. I never replaced them in all the brake pad changed I did. Sure you might get the occasional squeal, but they are NOT cheap to replace and once you break the seal you will need to re0glue them. PITA if you ask me.

 

Thanks for the advice gentlemen. The other question that I had was where you bed in your race pads? I'm installing Pagid yellows and can't imagine bedding them on the street (110?!?). Is there a safe way to do it on the track as part of a DE run group or just do it on the way there?

 

Queue up last and hang back a little and accel to speed and then brake. Do this 4 or 5 times and then you are good. I switched to PFC pads a while pad and one of the great things.......no bedding required!

 

+1 - not required, and actually a PITA to do so to be avoided!

 

Putty knife

 

I am going to possibly tackle the brake pad change (fronts) this weekend. Once I take a putty knife to seperate the pads from dampers do I leave the dampers in place? Then apply some adhesive to back of pad and put pads in place? Or no adhesive necessary?

Thanks!

 

If you plan to reuse them, I'd take them out, clean them, and apply new adhesive. You'll find that they are stuck pretty well to the pads. The longest part was getting the vibration dampers separated using a small putty knife and it wasn't bad. If it weren't for that, you could do each corner in about 5-10 minutes. Just remember to watch your brake fluid level (take some out) so that it doesn't overflow when you push the calipers open. Given the above advice from Dell and Insite, I'm going to leave the vibration dampers out when I change back to street pads just to minimize the hassle of separating them next time.

FWIW, here are some useful links that I collected before doing my pads yesterday. It really is as easy as everyone says, just be safe and use jackstands...

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...996+jackstands

http://www.caymanclub.net/files/Changing_Brake_Pads.pdf

http://www.bombaydigital.com/boxster...s/change_pads/

http://www.heumann.com/bigred/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Mc2ZayRgg

Good luck!

 

I simply prized them apart, put the new pads in and that was it-no glue and no squeal.