Sounds like pranks my co-workers and I play on each other. If you leave your computer logged in and walk away you're guaranteed to have some naked dude as your wallpaper.....sick bastards
Oh yes, been there and done that! Or worse.....photoshop a set of honkers on ya!!
__________________ 2008 Challenger SRT8 #672-Black with all available equipment 2005 RAM SRT-10 RC Black-all available equipment/ tint 5%
I'm sooo sorry, my co-worker found this on the computer and typed in a comment about being a homo sexual.... I would never make a comment like that, please accept my apoligies. I was on this thread to see what the new cross drilled rotors look like (TSB). I hope not very many people of you guys seen the last post, I have now edited
Yeah, I saw it and I was thinking what the hell does that have to do with anything? Now I see you punked (or whatever that dude married to Demi Moore calls it).
My warranty rotors will be going on Tuesday along with the these pads. The car will then go home, the wheels will come off to be cleaned inside and out and the rest of the car detailed. It will be nice to not have black wheels after a week
My warranty rotors will be going on Tuesday along with the these pads. The car will then go home, the wheels will come off to be cleaned inside and out and the rest of the car detailed. It will be nice to not have black wheels after a week
True that Tom. My C-teks are on and after a 50 mile drive last night around town, the wheels are clean. They did get dirty after the bedding-in procedure, but cleaning them after that they are clean after that 50 miles. Hopefully after a week of driving to work I'll know for sure if this is the cure. So far so good.
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I've modifed post #16 in this thread (509 posts ago!!) to include some new photographs as well as the suggestion to transplant the shims from the OEM rear pads onto the aftermarket rear pads. You can scroll all the way back, or just click here: Post# 16 in this thread
I was getting an intermittant squeal under light braking from one of my rear calipers and a couple of other folks have reported the same issue. So I decided, instead of installing the rear StopTech BBK today, I would experiment with squeal mitigation techniques on the stock rear brakes. I've found the answer. I describe it in post #16. Transplanting the OEM shims has completly taken care of the random squealing from my rear brakes. I drove around for half an hour, trying all sorts of combinations of speeds and brake pedal pressures. I could not get it to make noise, no matter what I did.
For those of you who are having your pads installed by your dealer, I strongly suggest you print out post #16 in this thread and hand it to your installed.
And here's a copy of the new section I've added to post #16:
For some reason, the rear brakes on the SRT8 are more prone to squealing than the front brakes. For this reason, I suggest transplanting the glued-on composite and clipped-on stainless steel shims from the original Jurid pads (with "Brembo" markings) onto the aftermarket pads, assuming the aftermarket pads do not come with shims already installed. In the case of the C-Tek pads used here, no shims were included.
Remove clip-on shim from OEM pad, exposing composite shim underneath
Use screwdriver to gently pry off composite shim
Now take the composite (black) shim, which is probably curved like a potato chip, and bend it as flat as possible. Place it on the aftermarket pad, paying attention to the proper orientation. Clip the stainless steel shim on top.
Aftermarket pads without any shims
Composite shim transplanted
Clip-on stainless steel shim transplanted
Finally, you can insert the new pads into the caliper, being carefull not to let the shims get snagged on anything. Hold them in place with one of the drift pins. Tap the drift pin all the way into place with a small hammer, being careful not to chip the paint on the back of your caliper. Insert the spring clip into place and insert the second drift pin, working it all the way through the caliper while keeping pressure on the spring clip. Use the hammer to drive it all the way home.
I asked my local dealer about installing the CTEK pads and they claim these are not available for the SRT8?
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Originally Posted by DZeckhausen
I'm pretty sure I have found a solution to this problem. Aftermarket brake pads are arriving today (Saturday) by noon and I'm going to install and test them. If this works, there's an intial batch of five more sets of pads available and then a month or two delay before more are manufactured.
More details, photos, reviews as I go along. Stay tuned!
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