PCCB Pads & bits replacement cost

[sneakybear]

Morning all,

I had my 7.1C2S on PCCBs in an indy the other day to have the brakes looked at in an effort to explain the occasional rough braking noise (not that it seemed a lot less effective at stopping). The OPC had said previously that they do make a fair amount of noise and yes 'some' is fine but this was much more of a grating than a PCCB more normal sound which I was getting used to.

The prognosis was that although the discs (rotors) were fine the pads were all cracking! The chap said that they were covered in little cracks rather than all about to fall apart. Strangely (or maybe not?!) it was ALL the pads, not just one. Anyone had the same experience?

So it's gone 45k, isn't a track day weapon and is on the original pads (as far as I know!). I read that the PCCB pads may well be in need of replacement at 50% use which for road use can be 40k.

Can anyone advise if I'm on gen 1 or 2 PCCB? It's a 2005 997.1 C2S. I understand there were some warranty issues flying around some time ago about the Gen 1s.

Assuming they do need replaced - any suggestions of a reasonable place and ballpark figure I should be looking at? In the US I can buy all the bits* for 959 USD (about 600 GBP today) and from searching here I'd say it was a 3 (maybe 3.5) hour job for an OPC.

• all the bits means: pads, sensors, damping plates and repair kits for all 4 wheels

Any information gratefully received :-)

Cheers all!
sb

[ashway]

i've just replaced the front pads on my 996Turbo S they too were covered in very fine cracks. I went on the internet I think it was the brembo site and apparently that is nothing to be worried about and is normal. My pads had worn to about 6mm friction material (in 41000 miles) and the pedal was starting to feel a little soft. New pads has cured this but the pad change was not as a result of poor braking efficiency just pedal feel.

edited to add it was the pagid site I checked as the OPC supplied replacement pads were marked pagid. The front pads for my car with the shims were £360 and its a relatively simple diy job

Edited by ashway on Tuesday 25th October 10:49

Edited by ashway on Tuesday 25th October 11:02

[Martian O]

ashway said:

...the pedal was starting to feel a little soft. New pads has cured this but the pad change was not as a result of poor braking efficiency just pedal feel.

Strange, I wouldn't of thought pads with 6mm of meat left on them would give poor pedal feel, old brake fluid yes, but pads?

[ashway]

i thought the same too. the fluid had been replaced as part of the annual service 3k miles before and was done again as part of the diagnosis into the soft pedal without success. the pad change did the trick.

[mm450exc]

Pads should be replaced at 50% as they get harder and wear the disc more. Pads are a lot cheaper than the PCCB discs.

[sneakybear]

Many thanks for the input guys...

Liking the Ceramic Brakes thread too. Plenty of info but as pointed out, pads < discs in the $ stakes!

Cheers,
sb