2024 Season: Brake Hardware Recap

[J1Avs]

@J1Avs - did your friend not do cool down laps and hence the slight discolouration of the Brembo lettering? If so do you think shims might have prevented that?

No, he just was a bit too aggressive on he brakes and slapped ABS a ton.

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[BigBird]

I wonder if these are high temp enough for caliper rebuilds

https://www.ohioperformancesolutions.com/product-page/40mm-brembo-caliper-rebuild-kit

 

[J1Avs]

I wonder if these are high temp enough for caliper rebuilds

https://www.ohioperformancesolutions.com/product-page/40mm-brembo-caliper-rebuild-kit

GiroDisc makes a kit -- I just must try that at some point

 

[johnloov]

Anyone know why the inside front brake pads wear much faster than the outside?

We noticed this with some FL5 friends at Laguna Seca this weekend. We thought we were all good by looking at the pad thickness on the outside pads, but the insides wore out way faster!

 

[J1Avs]

I've noticed the same -- and IIRC it was more so on the inner right pad for me -- but that might be track/use dependent, as that's the side that is loaded up the most.

I flip my pads every few events. I flip outside to inside opposite side of car, and vice versa in order to maximize pad life.

 

[johnloov]

I've noticed the same -- and IIRC it was more so on the inner right pad for me -- but that might be track/use dependent, as that's the side that is loaded up the most.

I flip my pads every few events. I flip outside to inside opposite side of car, and vice versa in order to maximize pad life.

Excellent, that’s what I was thinking… is it at all possible an issue with residue on those sliding pins. They were caked on with grease. Had to clean them. I heard in some cars if these don’t slide well you get in even brake pad wear. I don’t remember uneven wear on my first pads.

 

[BigBird]

Excellent, that’s what I was thinking… is it at all possible an issue with residue on those sliding pins. They were caked on with grease. Had to clean them. I heard in some cars if these don’t slide well you get in even brake pad wear. I don’t remember uneven wear on my first pads.

almost all track pads get a leading and trailing edge if you don't rotate them when possible.

in terms on inner wearing more, just maybe because it's closer to the master cylinder and gets the fluid a tick faster allowing the piston to bite just that much quicker. The calipers are the same design they have been since 2004, so it's a possibility I think.

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