What's wrong with my brakes?

[Alec]

My rear left brake is dusting like a sandstorm and is making screeching sounds from a horror movie while not even applying the brakes. It also makes a noticeable ticking sound that gets faster with higher mph. After driving the car normal for about half an hour, the whole wheel had brake dust on it and was hot to the touch. I touched the brake for a split second and burned my finger. What's wrong with my brakes?

All help is appreciated.

 

[Poodles]

Stuck piston or slide...

 

[hvyman]

pull the wheel off and do a visual check.

 

[Alec]

I wouldn't know what I'd be looking at/for. Do you guys know how much a repair like that would run me? Would I need new pads? If I were to get new pads I'd get Porterfield R4S's.

 

[RiyadYar]

take the caliper apart like if you are going to change brake pads and on the guide pins of the caliper which move in and out put some grease their that should stop the seizing.a repair can cost 1.00- 60.00 ( new calipers )

 

[supraman7mgte]

if you dont want to do the work yourself,take it to a brake shop.

 

[Alec]

if you dont want to do the work yourself,take it to a brake shop.

That's what I was planning on doing.

 

[supraman7mgte]

I took my car in just to have the pads done,turns out one of the calipers was hanging up,rusted sleeve.
Had the rotors turned ,new pads,warranty.BOOM! I'm happy.

 

[Alec]

Has anybody ever ordered this? I'm thinking of getting it: https://935motorsports.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=79_14_38_266&products_id=631

 

[Alec]

My uncle looked at it quickly and he said it may be my parking brake, would that be possible?

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Well...take it apart and you'll see. It's not that hard at all!
But I'd think that it would be rather hard for the handbrake to ''dust like sandstorm'' from inside of the brake rotor, no?

 

[Alec]

Well...take it apart and you'll see. It's not that hard at all!
But I'd think that it would be rather hard for the handbrake to ''dust like sandstorm'' from inside of the brake rotor, no?

Yea, there's definitely some dust. I was hoping it would only be the parking brake because I'm sure than would cost much less than the regular brakes.

 

[iwannadie]

Has anybody ever ordered this? I'm thinking of getting it: https://935motorsports.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=79_14_38_266&products_id=631

I have brembo slotted rotors, porterfield street pads, new OEM pad shims new calipers, SS lines, new master and my braking is now awesome.

I don't have any dusting or squealing of any kind.

 

[rayall01]

Has anybody ever ordered this? I'm thinking of getting it: https://935motorsports.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=79_14_38_266&products_id=631

You can't go wrong with Brembo, but it will do you no good if you don't fix the caliper issue.

 

[Alec]

You can't go wrong with Brembo, but it will do you no good if you don't fix the caliper issue.

Are all calipers the same except for a BBK?

 

[lunatic]

i've never seen them or heard of them before but from the picture they look exatly like the stock rotors straght from the factory i replaced my pads and rotors when i first got my car about 40k miles ago and they're still in almost brand new condition and steal is steal for the most part i don't think i would spend that much for street rotors when they're not even sloted i was able to get my stockers for about 70 bucks apiece just cause it says brembo and the sales pitch is well written isn't always a good thing

 

[Poodles]

Brembo doesn't make slotted or crossdrilled rotors for our cars, they only make the blanks. People buy them and do the slots or crossdrilling to them (and I wouldn't trust it personally).

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Powerslot rotors (slotted, duh...) are made by Brembo IIRC. Atleast people (incl. Ckanderson) said that.

 

[Poodles]

They buy the blanks and do it themselves...

powerslot I might trust, but all the crap on ebay.... not a chance

 

[iwannadie]

Brembo doesn't make slotted or crossdrilled rotors for our cars, they only make the blanks. People buy them and do the slots or crossdrilling to them (and I wouldn't trust it personally).

I have brembo slotted, they are labeled from brembo as slotted and fit right on. I got them from Raptor Racing off this forum. Unless they are selling blanks that they then slot and sell as brembo slotted, I don't know. I have had no problems though.