Super Car Sunday was a blast being out there with all those other NSXs. Seeing everything from bone stock to full blown race. So I needed to be at my best. Funny thing is the my rear brakes have been squealing since I bought the car. The previous owner had replaced all the brake pads but after 2k miles I still had this bad squeal.
So I get home yesterday after the big ride and decide to take a peek at the rear brakes. Pull off the wheel and calipers and pull out the pads. First think I notice is the inner and out pads have different shims. The next thing I notice is the inner pad is wearing unevenly from inside to outside of the pad. I notice there is a rivet in the top middle of the pad and there is a hole in the shim that this rivet extends out further than the shim. Hmmmmm.
So I look back at the piston in the caliper and see an X cut into the piston. I look some more and see where the rivet had been sitting, was not in the grove but on the face of the piston, causing the uneven wear and probably the squeals. I rotate the piston so that the rivet will drop into the grove and button up that brake and wheel. Did the other side and the same thing was going on there. So I fixed that one too. But that is not what this thread is about.
While working under the car for about 90 minutes, about every 10-15 minutes I would hear a noise from somewhere in the motor area. I could never really identify what the noise was. I was thinking fuel pump, maybe something with my car alarm, I just don't know. It was a humming noise like a pump or electric motor. But it kept going on, would run for about 5-10 seconds then turn off. Has anyone else had this happen to them? What is this and is it normal?
Oh yeah, my brakes are now silent and perfect.
So I get home yesterday after the big ride and decide to take a peek at the rear brakes. Pull off the wheel and calipers and pull out the pads. First think I notice is the inner and out pads have different shims. The next thing I notice is the inner pad is wearing unevenly from inside to outside of the pad. I notice there is a rivet in the top middle of the pad and there is a hole in the shim that this rivet extends out further than the shim. Hmmmmm.
So I look back at the piston in the caliper and see an X cut into the piston. I look some more and see where the rivet had been sitting, was not in the grove but on the face of the piston, causing the uneven wear and probably the squeals. I rotate the piston so that the rivet will drop into the grove and button up that brake and wheel. Did the other side and the same thing was going on there. So I fixed that one too. But that is not what this thread is about.
While working under the car for about 90 minutes, about every 10-15 minutes I would hear a noise from somewhere in the motor area. I could never really identify what the noise was. I was thinking fuel pump, maybe something with my car alarm, I just don't know. It was a humming noise like a pump or electric motor. But it kept going on, would run for about 5-10 seconds then turn off. Has anyone else had this happen to them? What is this and is it normal?
Oh yeah, my brakes are now silent and perfect.
