What’s the move to fix the brake pad issue?

[Volfy]

Yeah, prying on the rotor/pads like that is cringe-worthy. At the very least, take out the tension clip first. you have to anyway.

I always clean and polish the pins to shiny & slick before reinserting. Plus, wheels off would be a perfect opportunity to clean the purdy Brembo calipers spic & span. It's my own car and my own relaxing weekend driveway therapy. Understand he does this for a living and time = money.

FWIW, I don't goop anything behind the brake pad backing plates. On some cheaper cars, brake pad tolerances can be excessive, and that can lead to pad vibration/noise. Putting some dampening compound on the backing plates could help quiet them down. It's not really supposed to be "grease" anyway, but a high-temp polymer compound that remain pliable after curing. As long as you get top quality replacement pads for these Brembos, where the tolerances are tightly controlled, that is not necessary.

These 1-piece monbloc caliper - especially the 4- and 6- piston ones - apply a much more even pressure on the brakes pads. This allows the pad-to-caliper-rail fit to be tighter and the pad movement more controlled. Single-piston floating calipers are generally less so.

 

[blnewto]

Yeah, prying on the rotor/pads like that is cringe-worthy. At the very least, take out the tension clip first. you have to anyway.

I always clean and polish the pins to shiny & slick before reinserting. Plus, wheels off would be a perfect opportunity to clean the purdy Brembo calipers spic & span. It's my own car and my own relaxing weekend driveway therapy. Understand he does this for a living and time = money.

FWIW, I don't goop anything behind the brake pad backing plates. On some cheaper cars, brake pad tolerances can be excessive, and that can lead to pad vibration/noise. Putting some dampening compound on the backing plates could help quiet them down. It's not really supposed to be "grease" anyway, but a high-temp polymer compound that remain pliable after curing. As long as you get top quality replacement pads for these Brembos, where the tolerances are tightly controlled, that is not necessary.

These 1-piece monbloc caliper - especially the 4- and 6- piston ones - apply a much more even pressure on the brakes pads. This allows the pad-to-caliper-rail fit to be tighter and the pad movement more controlled. Single-piston floating calipers are generally less so.

I just apply a very thin coat of grease, just in the area where the piston seats on the pad, maybe it helps, maybe not, just doing what I do lol

 

[Volfy]

I just apply a very thin coat of grease, just in the area where the piston seats on the pad, maybe it helps, maybe not, just doing what I do lol

A very thin coat probably won't hurt anything. More than that will start attracting dirt to form an abrasive grime and potentially wear on the brake piston crown. That does more harm than good.

 

[Slick7]

Yeah, prying on the rotor/pads like that is cringe-worthy. At the very least, take out the tension clip first. you have to anyway.

I always clean and polish the pins to shiny & slick before reinserting. Plus, wheels off would be a perfect opportunity to clean the purdy Brembo calipers spic & span. It's my own car and my own relaxing weekend driveway therapy. Understand he does this for a living and time = money.

FWIW, I don't goop anything behind the brake pad backing plates. On some cheaper cars, brake pad tolerances can be excessive, and that can lead to pad vibration/noise. Putting some dampening compound on the backing plates could help quiet them down. It's not really supposed to be "grease" anyway, but a high-temp polymer compound that remain pliable after curing. As long as you get top quality replacement pads for these Brembos, where the tolerances are tightly controlled, that is not necessary.

These 1-piece monbloc caliper - especially the 4- and 6- piston ones - apply a much more even pressure on the brakes pads. This allows the pad-to-caliper-rail fit to be tighter and the pad movement more controlled. Single-piston floating calipers are generally less so.

Man I agree this is will be therapy for me too. Okay so no grease on the pads huh? One set of pads arrived today the other set will arrive on Tuesday. I’ll change out the pads this week.

Okay so I had the Michelin Pilot All Season Sports balanced again this past week at Discount. On the way home at 90 mph I have oscillation about every three seconds. It’s very noticeable. What could be causing that? Bent rim?

 

[Slick7]

Evening,

Today I followed through and changed the front pads and rotors. Feels great. I have the rear pads and hopefully I’ll change themnext weekend. Thank you all for your help.

 

[blnewto]

Evening,

Today I followed through and changed the front pads and rotors. Feels great. I have the rear pads and hopefully I’ll change themnext weekend. Thank you all for your help.

So you have new rotors too, which ones did you end up with?

 

[Slick7]

So you have new rotors too, which ones did you end up with?

I purchased Carquest Platinum Painted Rotors part number YH651651233P from Advanced Autoparts. They fit perfect and were $104 ea.

 

[Slick7]

I went with Dynamic Friction 5000 series low-metallic pads for my Brembos
Front

Amazon.com

Rear

Amazon.com

They have them at rockauto.com too for $46 for the front and $43 for the rear
These have performed well w/ no brake judder, have improved bite over oem pads but dust a bit more, great tradeoff IMO, just need to clean up your rotors prior to install.

Seasons Greetings G70 owners! I haven’t been on since this last post because things have been good. However I’m back in the same spot with the front break pads and rotors. I followed this advice and purchased and installed these pads on top of new rotors from Advanced AP.

Now 20k miles later, same issue. I noticed if I hose off the rotors, some of the brake material washes off and the vibration is reduced, but then it builds up again. Any similar experience or suggestions? Attached a pic of the RF rotor with brake material on the rotor. Thanks for the guidance.

 

[EdP]

Seasons Greetings G70 owners! I haven’t been on since this last post because things have been good. However I’m back in the same spot with the front break pads and rotors. I followed this advice and purchased and installed these pads on top of new rotors from Advanced AP.

Now 20k miles later, same issue. I noticed if I hose off the rotors, some of the brake material washes off and the vibration is reduced, but then it builds up again. Any similar experience or suggestions? Attached a pic of the RF rotor with brake material on the rotor. Thanks for the guidance.

Maybe you should review your braking habits. High heat can cause the material to stick on the rotors.

I know of one person had the same problem, she would put her foot on the brake coming off the highway much too soon and it would built up heat by the time she stopped. Changed habits, no more problem.

 

[Slick7]

Maybe you should review your braking habits. High heat can cause the material to stick on the rotors.

I know of one person had the same problem, she would put her foot on the brake coming off the highway much too soon and it would built up heat by the time she stopped. Changed habits, no more problem.

Afternoon,

I drive my G70 mostly on the highway, so when I’m breaking it’s typically from a high speed and often suddenly. In town I do drive the car pretty hard, but mostly braking last minute.

Also, I live and drive in the desert, so summer pavement temps have to be above 100 degrees when the ambient temp is in the high 90’s. I’m wondering if there is a high temp brake pad solution. Thanks for your advice in my braking habits.

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