Get quality brake pads and bed them in after installation. If the calipers are original I would replace them with some remanufactured ones. The front brake lines are rubber and if they are original I would put new ones on as the ID can close up because of swelling. You can go back rubber or opt for Braided SS. If you find that the front brake lines are suspect then the rear lines (one on each caliper and one where the hard line from the body goes to the rear end) should also be replaced. That is a good start but the real upgrade would be to ditch the Teeves (if the car still has it) and go to a 93 Cobra booster and master cylinder. All of this is just my opinion so approach it how best fits your needs.
Thank you again Aerocoupe....will check these things out. Ron
OK, I am finally back home from months away, and ready to tackle the brake problem on our 88TC.
Before I have the rotors turned, I am curious, is there an upgrade that some of you have tried that makes the braking system on these four wheel disc brake systems even better? Are there any parts such as larger rotors, slotted rotors, better calipers, etc that you feel is worth the extra costs for a daily driver? Ron
Thanks for the advice bootleggers deluxe. When I take the brake system apart I will be examining every piece and part. I do not want this problem to return once dealt with. What part of Iowa are you from? I am originally from Altoona, near Des Moines. Ron
Aerocoupe, that is what I call a very complete troubleshooting answer. Thank you! I wondered about the ghost effect on four wheel disc brakes. My wife and I have had the flu, or at least some kind of virus since Christmas Eve, so I haven't been to the garage to pull rotors, pads, etc. yet. Next week I am having cataract surgery, so hope to get the parts to a machine shop before that. Ron
It's called runout, more commonly warped rotors. Have a mechanic take your rotors off, put them on a brake lathe and resurface them and eliminate the lateral runout (maybe repack and preload your wheel bearings while they're apart). Since it's a TC, it could be either in the front or back (4 wheel disc), but my money is on the front.
Thank you for the response. I am pretty sure that it is the fronts since I feel it strongly in the steering wheel. I will pull the parts and see if the rotors can be resurfaced to specs. Another thought that I have had is going with larger rotor and calipers. Have any of you on here gone with larger slotted rotors & larger calipers? If so, what mods had to be done to get them to fit? Ron
Hello all, and Happy New Year! Our turbo coupe has developed a little by little, worsening vibration when braking in the past several months. I finally pulled the front wheels and found that the calipers had some play in them. I tightened the bolts that hold the calipers on and removed most of the movement, in a test drive it was better, but still had some vibration. I wonder if the chattering has caused some problem in the calipers so that they will have to be replaced in order to fix the shakes when braking. Any knowledgable suggestions on this will be greatly appreciated. Ron
I never clicked the link, sorry. Looks really good, I love the red rock. Weve made many offroad trips out to the Moab / Canyonlands area, really pretty.
We are hoping to return within the next few months and stay beside the river at the campgrounds in Glen Canyon.........Of course not in the SVO this next time......LOL Ron
Thanks, it's an early 84 with the slapper bars instead of quad shocks.
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pic in link says "84". I have always liked those. I came really close to buying an 86, then an 85 1/2 several years ago, but each of them were too much of a project or were beat nearly to death. I ended up buying an 88 TC instead. Daniel
We were actually looking for an 85.5 or 86 also, but after checking out a few of them over the past few years we almost had decided that we probably wouldn't find a nice SVO in our price range. Another thing that surprised me was that none of them ran as good as the 84 that we sold a few years ago. I really was surprised because of the extra 25 to 30 hp rating on them. Then while on vacation last May we found this early 84 that is almost exactly like our first one, except it has the sunroof. Ron
Seriously, we bought this SVO in Spokane Valley Washington and drove it to Arizona last week to be parked in the garage beside its Papa: [img=https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/15910043/640/15910043.jpg] Sorry about the clickable urls. Since photobucket sucked all of my pics down the tube I have no idea how to upload pics direct to a post?? Ron
Stuff as many perfumed dryer sheets in every nook and cranny of the car, under the hood & around the trunk, especially in the heater vents. Dryer sheets won't kill them, but usually it does run them out of their nests which may very well be behind your dash or inside your seats. Then set a couple of glue boxes on the rear package shelf and some on the dash around the floors and in the trunk. Hopefully they haven't gotten into the headliner yet. Don't drive it for a couple of days and I wil bet you catch a few when you check it afterwards. Ron
I think that only applies to semi automatic rifles. Doesn't affect me - aside from the shotgun everything I have is bolt action, and the shotgun is limited to three shells. This is more of a wildlife conservation law than gun control - shotguns have been restricted to three shells for as long as I can remember, to prevent people from taking down whole flocks of geese, ducks, etc.
I don't know about Canada, but our 2nd amendment wasn't meant to restrict us to certain hunting weapons, or sporting/target weapons. It was absolutely put there so the people of the nation could protect themselves, with whatever they chose to own, against a corrupt government.............I think our founding fathers had a premonition of what was coming after they were gone!!! Any government restrictions (of any kind) are only a step in the direction of the day they are able to confiscate all arms. Ron
OK, not much action on my original post in this thread.
The White 88TC is sold, and now resides in Baghdad Arizona. It was a birthday present from a mom & dad to their 16 year old son for his birthday/Xmas as a first car.
It is one of 3 cars that we sold because of lack of garage space: This TC, a 95 LX Tbird, and our 84 SVO are all gone to new homes. We are left with an 86GT vert, and my original black 88 Turbo Coupe plus a couple of family units. Ron
