2002 MY Carrera 4 Rotors (discs) and PADS

[JohnJStewart]

Hi everyone, especially Loren who I am hoping will just point me straight to the answer.

I did the pads all round on my 1999 C2 Cab and now that I;ve sold it my neighbour needs help with his 2002 Carrera 4. It looks like he'll need new discs (rotors) although his PADS look very good. SHould we do the pads as well and if so, is there any difference between the 1999 and 2002 models? I think it will be the same job. I've not done discsn(rotors) it looks easy enough but what torque do we need for the bolts and should we get new bolts?

Do I really need to do the pads too?

Thanks to everyone for contributing.

John

[Loren]

Narrow body cars have the same brakes - so as long as it is not a C4S you should be ok.

The pads may already be burnt into the shape of the old rotors. They might be reusable - but might take some burning in to bring them back to full stopping potential.

Torque for the caliper bolts is 63 ftlb. Some folks reuse them if they are really good shape - Porsche says to always replace them.

[JohnJStewart]

Narrow body cars have the same brakes - so as long as it is not a C4S you should be ok.

The pads may already be burnt into the shape of the old rotors. They might be reusable - but might take some burning in to bring them back to full stopping potential.

Torque for the caliper bolts is 63 ftlb. Some folks reuse them if they are really good shape - Porsche says to always replace them.

Thanks Loren - great stuff. The rotors are very scored and grooved - so you're right that the pads will take a while to grind in. But they are pretty new so seems a waste to not use them. Are there instructions for the rotors? It looks like remove caliper and undo 2 bolts - is that it?

Many thanks

John

[Loren]

Yes, remove calipers (hang them carefully to the side). Then remove the phillips head screws.