Performance Friction pads fell to bits

scoobaru · Post by **scoobaru** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:27 pm

My brakes started to groan a bit and rub as i pulled away after braking so today i had a look to see what was wrong and found this

they are performance friction pads been on less than a year with 4 trackdays. The pad has a lot of meat left on it but came away from the backing plate and broke in two.

Anyone ever had this before? I'm a bit peed off

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:37 pm

Had Performance Friction on my old GTR and used them very heavily; never saw anything like yours before; have you taken this up with them? It may be a better form of recourse than a forum.

scoobaru · Post by **scoobaru** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:41 pm

Yeah I just emailed them, just want to research if i am the only unlucky one or lucky depending on how you look at it, who has had this happen.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:40 pm

Never had that happen to me in all the different PF compounds I've used.

stockcar · Post by **stockcar** » Tue May 04, 2010 7:29 am

have had that happen with various manufacturers over the years but only generally when there is another issue.............
to de-laminate it has uaually been massively over-heated and could be caused by a number of factors including wrong compound choice for temps achieved, over-heated by seized/sticky calipers, over-loaded due to opposite axle under performing, etc.............

what exact car, set-up, compound???

fezza · Post by **fezza** » Tue May 04, 2010 8:11 am

His car is an 07 WRX, BC Coilovers, Brembo pads, DBA discs and the PF pads.