Ken911

Does anyone have experience replacing stock 996 calipers with cayman S calipers? If so will the stock 996 rotors still be usable ? I'm trying to fix a soft brake pedal without buying a new full brake kit. The car is 2002 C2, thanks Ken

ivangene

are the stock rotors too soft?

Im not sure you are barking up the right tree here

Tbred911

Try SS brake lines and changing your brake fluid. Also check out your master brake cylinder.

Ss brake lines give you great feel.

ivangene

SS lines are fine, but there is no reason stock lines in good shape would give anything other than a solid feel

dont go crazy - find the problem and fix THAT with good stock parts (unless you are tracking the hell out of it. in which case you would already have done most of these things - which is why I for one would prefer to buy a car that has been tracked over some street roller)

Litesonic

Due to the low post number, my guess is this maybe a case of not being used to the linear feel (v. overboosted) of Porsche brakes. However a join date of Mar 2005, makes me think maybe there is something amiss.

Flush would be the "cheapest fix" and would be part of any of the solutions as a whole.

Ken911

Thanks guys, the lines and brake master cylinder are new, the car is tracked and the pedal is still mushy, I hope to replace the tired calipers with the cayman s ones if they fit and use my current rotors and mounts....

Ken911

Brakes are flushed properly with fresh full synthetic. One reponse from a very knowledgeable person is caliper flex due to age etc.

fpb111

Synthetic? Not Silicone. What type/brand of synthetic.

ivangene

this whole thing is a train wreck

caliper flex?
WTH - am running 25 year old calipers and they are fine

when ar ethe soft? (at track - street)
what pads
what fluid
how often do you bleed
how do you brake (freeway sissy style or with purpose)

I would stop messing around with thoughts of caliper and or rotor swapping for boxster or cayman or hypothalamus parts and fix what is wrong with your set up

Barn996

Or, his calipers may need to be rebuilt?

ivangene

I agree Steve - caliper rebuild or maybe the new MC was installed without a proper beeding of the whole system...ABS and clutch slave

but tossing used Cayman parts at the problem is not a good approach IMO

LostSouth

Not much can go wrong with a caliper that wouldn't be readily apparent. At the end of the day they are just plumbing. If they aren't leaking and you don't have a stuck piston, not much to go wrong. If they are leaking, replacing the inner seals isn't that difficult. I wouldn't go to the expense of replacing the calipers.

Ken911

Thanks for the collective opinions, I may try the caliper rebuild before the next event, cheers Ken

Sneaky Pete

Bingo!

Barn996

What you mean by beeding Pete?