I watched these great videos on Youtube of brake jobs on a 996 with open calipers. But I looked at the calipers on my 09' 3.6 Carrera and they are the closed caliper rigid design. The pads don't seem to be able to slide out through the back of the caliper.

I'm not looking to do a whole brake job, I'd just like to be able to swap pads for DE days myself. Does anyone have any DIY links, pics videos for this job on a 997.2?

Also, does anyone know if Porsche makes sport pads for the 997.2? The sport pads for the 996 are inexpensive and rotor friendly.

Thanks,
David

For DE's try a Pagid Yellow pad, and you will need to remove the two bolts and remove the caliper to swap the pads.

For track days go with the Pagid RS19 yellow front and RS14 black rear or keep the 19 yellow as well.

To swap just like he said, undue the bolts and pull the caliper off the wheel carrier. So you are in essence sliding it back way from the rotor. You can then pull the pads out. The bolts to the bracket are to the right of the red caliper up top, kinda look like this - http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/w...er-spacer1.jpg

thanks for the replies.

I thought that the yellow pagids are not very rotor friendly?

I'm only going to do 5-8 DE days a year. My motivation to get track pads is more to preserve the OEM pads than to get superior performance.

Still think Pagids? What about PFCs?

DRP

Yellow RS29 are friendly. I can highly suggest them for a street/track. The RS19 would be more a full time track. Once you go to blues and blacks that is when you are talking full competition and unfriendly to rotors.

Assuming PAGID's, aren't track pads more expensive than OEM pads? Pagid's are 2x the OEM price around here.

That being said, the yellows are actually very rotor friendly. The blacks are a little harsher friction wise. If you track the car, you will probably crack the OEM drilled rotors before you get to use all the material anyway so I would not worry too much on that aspect.

The best setup imho is RS29 (yellow) for the front and RS14 (black) for the rear as it give you a little bit more bite back there to balance the braking.

One thing to be careful with these pads though: do not, under any circumstances, think you will be able to run these pads on the street as they screech like an injured banshee. I just drive to the track with them and I am going nuts just getting there, even with the music cranked way up.

If this is all about costs, I say keep the OEM's, particularly if you need to remove the whole calipers to change the pads...

T.

Just for the sake of completeness, here is a pic I found of 997.2 non-S calipers. It does indeed look like the pads cannot come back from the rear of the caliper so you will have to remove them. I have an "S" 997.2 and I never thought that was one of the differences...

If you do that, do not forget to hang them properly with a piece of wire (don't just let them hang by the lines) after taking them off. I may be mistaken but I also believe Porsche recommends not reusing caliper bolts.

If you are looking for a DIY, first look for one that shows how to change rotors as they generally explain how to remove the calipers safely. From there, it should be fairly simple to remove the pads by first removing the dampers with a putty knife and then sliding them out of the calipers. Put the track ones in - do not worry about dampers on those, there is no point. One last thing, do not forget to tie wrap the sensor cables behind the calipers so they do not dangle around, there are little pieces of copper wire at the end of the sensors that you might want to take out so they do not fall while rolling.

Here is something to get you started:
http://www.bombaydigital.com/boxster...change_rotors/
http://www.bombaydigital.com/boxster...s/change_pads/
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index...-instructions/

I posted over at renntech.org the few questions I have after examining the caliper.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php/topic/37843-need-help-with-brake-pads-diy-on-my-09-36-9972/

Greetings all -

Just got done doing a pad swap and brake bleed on my 997.2 Carrera (Non S). Picture above is accurate in that you cannot swap out pads without removal of caliper and I add the below because there seems to be little youtube or other info available on the base model 997.2 pad/caliper diy.

My DIY (2009 Porsche 911 Carrera)-

There are three bolts on each corner that require removal.

1. Use a T55 to remove the two large caliper bolts. Porsche recommends these bolts be replaced with each removal (~$4 each).

2. Remove the 10mm bolt that attaches the brake line to the back of the caliper.

3. Hang the caliper with wire or string off the coil so not to put undo strain on the brake line.

3. Using a small flathead screwdriver, flip up the metal securing cover on the wear sensor and remove the connector that leads to the rotor. Use the same small flathead screwdriver to then move the wires free from the top of the caliper.

4. lift up the caliper away from the rotor.

5. *Note* - I found dealing with the wear sensors (there is one on each corner) the most difficult part of the diy pad job. If you simply yank them out, they will break. I also found using needle nose pliers next to impossible to remove them. If your goal is to re-use the old sensors as mine was, then I found that first pushing the pad facing you (outer pad) slightly away (towards removal off the two retaining posts) and then using a small flathead through the caliper under the sensor pushing upwards to pop it loose the most successful approach. Once the outer pad is free, then loosen the inner pad and pop off the inner pad sensor from inside the caliper.

6. Install wear sensor on inner pad and then press pad into caliper. Leave outer wear sensor free and press into place once inner pad is secured in caliper.

7. Press pads back into caliper with vice grips (cover up face of caliper to not scratch it!), tap onto rotor and reinstall three bolts. I used 63 ft lbs of torque on the two T55 bolts.


Good luck.