2 Questions....

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:05 am

Hey guys...

Numero Uno. I had my tyres changed a few weeks back-all is good well, but with one exception. Ever since it's been done, the drivers side front wheel is now giving a constant squeak. It's a trifle embarrasing-makes my car sound pants! I've jacked her up to see if there is any play in the front wheel but there is none! One thing i have noticed though is that when i brake it goes away. Never encountered this before-i want to sort it but i don't know how!

Any ideas?

Secondly. She's been lowered 40mm on Avo springs, but i'm still on standard shocks. Since my GF has been driving

, i've been watching her drive up the road and have noticed that the car seems to roll an awfull lot around corners....sometimes i think the wing mirrors are going to touch the floor! Can anybody recommend a set of shocks that may help cure this? I don't mind the ride being a bit harder 'cos it's a Volvo so it's comfortable anyway. I just don't like it nearly taking off when i go over a bump! I don't want anything majorly expensive, just something thats not spongey. Somebody has mentioned before that i need shocks with a certain rebound on them to counter-act the springs. Is this right? What ones should i go for? I don't want any that will make the car sit higher either....if anything a little lower would be better.

Whats everybody else using?
Cheers guys!

Dan

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:12 am

1) Grease the edge of the brake pads with copper grease.

2) Standard shocks are too soft and have too long a travel to work effectively with lowering springs.

You need shortened shocks. Koni spring to mind but they are expensive.

I do believe the are Avo, Bilstein another supplier who do cheaper versions.

Out of that lot i'd go for Bilstein Sport (German engineering

) try Euro Car Parts.

BadgerBill · Post by **BadgerBill** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:02 pm

NOOOOoooooooooooooo!

Grease the back! Also file the edges of the pad to soften the angel until they bed in. Greasing the sides is not a good idea, try it on a bike wheel first if you don't believe me.

Also, sometimes there are anti-squeal things between pad and caliper (like a very thin piece of shim steel), check and make sure there should/should not be one, and then check your car.

Good luck!

BB

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:09 pm

rolling on standard shocks/pi -40 springs? not here mate!

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:22 pm

BadgerBill wrote:NOOOOoooooooooooooo!

Grease the back! Also file the edges of the pad to soften the angel until they bed in. Greasing the sides is not a good idea, try it on a bike wheel first if you don't believe me.

BB

My first reaction too!

Pretty sure thats what Jamo meant, but it could easily have been misinterpreted with catastrophic results.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:34 pm

Pretty sure thats what Jamo meant, but it could easily have been misinterpreted with catastrophic results.

look at all the mods he's done, give him some credit! he's not gonna grease his brake pads is he?

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:27 pm

Murf wrote:
Pretty sure thats what Jamo meant, but it could easily have been misinterpreted with catastrophic results.
look at all the mods he's done, give him some credit! he's not gonna grease his brake pads is he?

I did give him credit!!

As i said, pretty sure he meant to say grease the back, but somone with little/no mechanical knowledge might take it literally, and grease the edges.

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:00 am

hmmmmm....copper grease *drool*

you can also buy a silicon product thats resistant to high temp, and put some of that ON THE BACK OF THE PADS too......worked on mine.....havent heard a peep since.
rgrds
rob

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:38 pm

Cheers for the responses guys...

I'm going to sound stupid here...but can somebody define the 'back' of the brake pads? I want to be greasing the right part now dont i?!

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:09 pm

the 'back' of the pad is the metal part that sits in the caliper...ie the exact opposite side to the brake pad material that touches the disc....in fact, dont get any kind of foreign body on the brake pad material at all, front/sides etc....NONE of it!!

rgrds
rob

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:59 pm

dont get any kind of foreign body on the brake pad material at all

yeah, keep the overseas sunbathers away from your braking system!!

I did give him credit!!

eh, forgot to put this:

at the end of it!

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:29 pm

I should imagine any form of foreign body would be quite messy

I might grease the other sides just to see what it's like, for future reference!

The exact opposite is what i thought....i just like to get things clear before i have a go and bugger things up!

Cheers guys!

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:18 pm

Dan I went for the black Bilsteins NOT the yellow ones,they are fuck hard like Konis!!!!!

Mine have been on 77000 miles and checked em yest when i changed the springs.Absolutely fine mate.About 150-170 should get u the four.They work fine with PIs as that what mine were matched to.....

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