Rear Brake Pads!

[DougLee25]

I am doing my rear brakes this weekend, and I was wondering what brake pads anyone recommends?? I know PFCM are good for the front, but for the back... Does anyone have any suggestions??

~Doug

 

[89 Gary]

Raybestos ceramic-"quiet stop"

 

[jcostantino]

I forget what I bought for the back... I think they are Raybestos Brute Stop or something like that... were supposed to be the best Pep Boys had available.. I'm going to disconnect my brake proportioning valve this weekend and actually utilize them...

Jeff

 

[DougLee25]

I thought you couldn't disconnect the proportioning valve unless you had abs? Is this true?? Obviously I don't have abs and it would be nice to have more rear brakes.

~Doug

 

[jcostantino]

Ohhh... yeah, don't do that I didn't look too closely at the picture in your signature.. just saw the slicers. Giving full flow to the back brakes might cause your car to swap ends in a hard braking situation..

Jeff

 

[sdpatt]

I recommend that you do not disconnect the rear proportioning valve. Even slightly changing the setting on the lever rod on this valve cause my anti-lock to work even on "normal" stops. You will wear the brake pads, rotors and your nerves as you constantly have to deal with the pitter-patter of little anti-lock feet.

 

[AutoXSHO]

Oh a car without ABS, I would not do this modification. My valve is completely bypassed, so I have full fluid flow to the rear brakes at all times. The increase in braking power was substantial - I can trigger the ABS at all four wheels now, something that was never possible before. My autocross times show that it was a definite improvement.

I wonder if the larger pad in the rear of the early cars will cause this effect to be exacerbated. I don't have any problems with ABS triggering on normal stops, and I don't think John (DeaconBlue) did either. The early pads for the cars with vented rotors are quite a bit bigger.

Bottom line: I love it, but it's probably not for everyone.

John V

 

[DougLee25]

Nice thumbs_u

 

[jcostantino]

Sooo.... Valve is full flow when the pins are compressed by the lever (lever zip-tied to valve body) or the valve is full flow when the lever is removed completely? I'm going to try "living on the ABS edge" this weekend.

Scott... you brought a smile to my face with the "pitter-patter of little ABS feet"... I can't stop smiling when I think about that.. lol!

Jeff

 

[AutoXSHO]

You just have to get under there and look unfortunately. I can't remember which way the pins are actuated.

It should be clear up under there. The movement of the pins is all of 1-2mm. With the suspension fully raised on the driver's side you should be able to see, "Ah, the pins are pushed in/pulled out for full flow".

John v