Cool! Funny thing... the same thing occurs on my Volvo when I release the electric parking brake. Doesn't do it all the time, but if I've washed the car or it's been sittin' out in the weather, never fails... the clunk sounds happens.OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:08 pm I thought of that too, but it really sounds like its coming from the front wheel (which could be a function of it bouncing off the garage wall or something). I think next time I park the car I'm not going to engage the brake, just leave it in gear. If it still clunks, that eliminates the PB as a suspect.
What did you do to/with your 996 today?
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If you need to do more than 80mph to get to a Cub Scout meeting, maybe you should plan ahead and leave a tad earlierOceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 am It rained here the past two days, so with the salt off the roads, I took the boy to his cub scout meeting. Didn't get out of third, dammit.
Such a lovely sound near red line in 3rd
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Ours does that when it has been sitting for awhile. I've always chalked it up to the rotors having a nice patina at that point since it lives outside. The brakes are also rough and less effective than normal while I ride them for a few hundred feet to clean them off. After that, no issues.OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 amHowever, since I have been using the car very very rarely with bad weather, twice now I have noticed a clunk pulling out of the garage. I think its coming from the passenger side front wheel. It happens only once when the car first moves, and not again. No CELs. It feels like the brake caliper freeing itself up. It hasn't been super cold but the car is in an unheated garage. Is the caliper freezing up? I am noticing a little rust on the front rotors, which i changed over the summer. Could that be it?
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Yeah, but that's a Volvo. Those things run on pickled herring and seasonal affective disorder. Thanks for help, let's see what happens.b3freak wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:19 pmCool! Funny thing... the same thing occurs on my Volvo when I release the electric parking brake. Doesn't do it all the time, but if I've washed the car or it's been sittin' out in the weather, never fails... the clunk sounds happens.OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:08 pm I thought of that too, but it really sounds like its coming from the front wheel (which could be a function of it bouncing off the garage wall or something). I think next time I park the car I'm not going to engage the brake, just leave it in gear. If it still clunks, that eliminates the PB as a suspect.
It occurs to me that although I want to spend as much time as possible in my car, I try to get where I am going as fast as I can. It's like an oxymoron on wheels (emphasis on moron).If you need to do more than 80mph to get to a Cub Scout meeting, maybe you should plan ahead and leave a tad earlier
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+2 for normal. Also, as an aside, unless necessary to prevent unplanned escape I wouldn't set my parking brake(break) for long periods of "storage" even in a garage as I have heard numerous horror stories. Moisture, metal and rust bad mix for brakes(breaks)!
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Ugh. Always set the brake unless another secondary system (e.g. chocks) is being used!
Seen too many manuals pop out of gear and even seen an automatic have it's parking "gear" break.
Nothing like leaning on a car that you aren't expecting to move and having it roll off into something or watching a car that had been parked for hours suddenly roll down the hill it was parked on.
Seen too many manuals pop out of gear and even seen an automatic have it's parking "gear" break.
Nothing like leaning on a car that you aren't expecting to move and having it roll off into something or watching a car that had been parked for hours suddenly roll down the hill it was parked on.
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There is much to be said for flat ground. There is a lot of that out here in the prairie!gnat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:57 pm Ugh. Always set the brake unless another secondary system (e.g. chocks) is being used!
Seen too many manuals pop out of gear and even seen an automatic have it's parking "gear" break.
Nothing like leaning on a car that you aren't expecting to move and having it roll off into something or watching a car that had been parked for hours suddenly roll down the hill it was parked on.
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Love the guy who was taking the unplanned ride! Just bailed!! F-it I'm outta here! Reminds of the old Keystone cops flix...not that I'm that old, but...
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