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So I have a 2006 Exige with Ultra disc rotors. I have been through one set of very aggressive metallic pads and I recently went to my second set of pads. I have 3 track days on these pads now and they went through a good bedding in procedure.
My current problem never occurred on the first set of pads but I have the same type of pads that I ran before. Here's the problem.
When I brake (either on track or at a stop light) I get the squeaking, creaking, metallic scraping you would expect from pads like these. They are super aggressive. I'm fine with those noises, they can stay and have always been there to some degree though they are perhaps a bit louder now. The noise I can't stand and that I am fearful of, is this moaning sound. Even under threshold braking on the track there is the moaning that drowns out the ENTIRE PLANET. I can't hear anything else on the track in the braking zone. Every turn, every direction.
Now at a stop light it still happens but a little differently. When I go to the brakes initially there is no noise, then the squeak/creaking comes in as I slow down, then finally, right at the end of the stoplight braking zone (the part where you are coming off the brakes) it starts to moan very loud.
Can you tell me what this sound is and how to fix it? There has been no loss of braking at all. I've checked and rechecked the brakes on all for corners. I can't find anything that is not torqued to spec I don't have any wheel bearing play that I can see. I am this close to going to a pro and have them sort it out. Before I do I have a couple of things to try. I might go buy a set of stock pads and bed them in.
Oh yeah, all of my braking sounds go away if I clean all of the brake dust off of everything but it comes back after about 5-6 laps on track or about 30 minutes of street driving. These do through a lot of brake dust.
My current thinking would be that it is just the pads and the brake dust but, again, the last set of pads did not do this.
Your thoughts are welcome.
Cheers,
Trevor
My current problem never occurred on the first set of pads but I have the same type of pads that I ran before. Here's the problem.
When I brake (either on track or at a stop light) I get the squeaking, creaking, metallic scraping you would expect from pads like these. They are super aggressive. I'm fine with those noises, they can stay and have always been there to some degree though they are perhaps a bit louder now. The noise I can't stand and that I am fearful of, is this moaning sound. Even under threshold braking on the track there is the moaning that drowns out the ENTIRE PLANET. I can't hear anything else on the track in the braking zone. Every turn, every direction.
Now at a stop light it still happens but a little differently. When I go to the brakes initially there is no noise, then the squeak/creaking comes in as I slow down, then finally, right at the end of the stoplight braking zone (the part where you are coming off the brakes) it starts to moan very loud.
Can you tell me what this sound is and how to fix it? There has been no loss of braking at all. I've checked and rechecked the brakes on all for corners. I can't find anything that is not torqued to spec I don't have any wheel bearing play that I can see. I am this close to going to a pro and have them sort it out. Before I do I have a couple of things to try. I might go buy a set of stock pads and bed them in.
Oh yeah, all of my braking sounds go away if I clean all of the brake dust off of everything but it comes back after about 5-6 laps on track or about 30 minutes of street driving. These do through a lot of brake dust.
My current thinking would be that it is just the pads and the brake dust but, again, the last set of pads did not do this.
Your thoughts are welcome.
Cheers,
Trevor