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Re: Brake Rotors
Posted by David Prantl (more from David Prantl) on Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:36:18
In Reply to: brake rotors, spratel, Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:19:12 
THE solution to 9000 brakes is this:

1.  4 new OEM-quality rotors (Brembo, Norrbit, Beck-Arnley) - no 
modifications needed.
2.  Front and rear AXXIS Metal Master brake pad sets.
3.  Stainless-steel braided flexible brake lines, available from Paragon 
Performance.  They advertise in the NINES magazine, and a set costs about 
$60.
4.  Fresh new DOT4 brake fluid throughout the system (preferrably Castrol 
LMA).  Change fluid every 2 years, or better still - every year.

Also, make sure you get the rear parking brake adjustment set right.  If 
not, your rear brakes will either drag all the time, or not brake at all !

I set up my '86 9000T with all of the above, except I left the old rotors 
(front about 2 years, rear 12 years), and the improvement was truly amazing. 
  I have as much fade-free stopping power now as I could ever want, and 
that's saying a lot with my insane driving.  The only thing that stops 
better is a sport-bike.  Oh, I hit 130mph on the local interstate loop on 
Sunday, May 31 at 6:45 am !  With 205/60/15's, that speedo wasn't lying 
either.

DIY cost for everything should be about $350, which is a bargain over the 
chain-stores that give you crap rotors, crap pads, and crap rebuilt calipers 
that you don't need.  Your brakes are then crap for a year or two, before 
it's time for another set.

That's kinda like muffler chain-store service.  The previous owner dropped 
$500 at Midas on a whole new exh. system, which I inherited.  It's now 2 
years old.  The header pipe has never fit right, and the rear muffler has a 
rust hole in it from the snow and salt-free highways of Oklahoma, Texas and 
western Tennessee.  What a deal !

Similar effect should be had on 900's as well, and the 9000-style brake 
system on '88+ 900's is a thousand times better than the earlier setup with 
twin-piston calipers, solid rotors and front parking brake (that last part 
was nice, when it wasn't sticking !).

SAAB on !

David Prantl
david_prantlno39sdcx6spamx782hotmail.com
'84 900S, 210kMi, RIP
'86 9000T, 168kMi
'88 9000S, 134kMi
'68 97 Sonett V4, 76kMi, #000467


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