'08 Cayenne Turbo Brakes

[Cannoli]

Moose - I believe in RFM's posts "prohibited" means "not necessary".

This may be "lost in translation", but I believe that the point/suggestion RFM is making is that if you are only changing the brake pads, don't remove the caliper from the spindle assembly. And I'm sure you know that if you are changing the rotor, then the removal of the caliper is necessary.

[RFM]

Cayenne turbo 08 have mono bloc calipers which means that the caliper is build ( mill ) from one piece of metal instead of two halves bolted together as usual. Race cars and bikes with a good reputation have all mono blocs. Regular calipers comes slightly open under heavy braking by the ( oil ) pressure between the pistons and the caliper, mono blocs don't. The advantage is a shorter pedal travel and no strange reactions under heavy braking. You have to remove the complete caliper assembly by the two hexagon bolts to change the pads witch means the same handling as to change the rotors. The assembly is bolt on the carrier lateral as all other Cayenne and not radial as the sport cars have. Hope this helps. ( Sorry for my poor English )