Re: [alfa] new rear brakes on '77 spider

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@xxxxxx>]

Hi Chris:

If you're going to rebuild the calipers, be very careful choosing the 
kits.  Most of the aftermarket kits have gotten to be such crap that at 
this point I only use original ATE parts.  Check with Andy Kress 
(Performatek) or Jon Norman (Alfa Parts).  Repco kits (from Australia) are 
also good, but may be NLA.

IMO cross-drilled rotors, at least on an Alfa, don't make any performance 
difference.  Neither of my Spider's has them, but I drove an otherwise 
identical '74 to mine, except for drilled rotors, and it wasn't any 
better.  That's to say that both were great, and my preference is for the 
EBC Green Stuff pads.  Never mix brands or compounds front/rear or 
left/right.  TireRack has the EBC pads.

Alternator noise is typically a whine that increases/decreases with rpm's, 
not really a crackling noise.  You might have a project ahead of you in 
tracking down the noise you described, but start checking connections, 
specifically to the radio.  Substitution of parts or wiring the radio to a 
different circuit might be helpful.

Regards,

Dean
Lutz, FL
'74 & '87 Spider Veloce's


At 04:14 AM 5/16/2004, you wrote:

> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 01:13:51 -0700
> From: "Christopher Keen" <ckeen74@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] new rear brakes on '77 spider
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I've got to get new rear brakes for my spider (for the first time in 12
> years' ownership!). I have two questions:
> 1) Any pitfalls I should look out for? I've got the cardisc to refer to, but
> is this any harder than doing the fronts (did this a few years back)?
> 2) If I decide to get better rear brakes (drilled discs, or
> better-than-stock pads) while I'm at it,  without doing anything to the
> stock fronts, does that screw up the proportioning? Or does the
> proportioning valve take care of that?
>
> Oh, one other question - what does it mean about the alternator when there's
> a crackling noise coming through the radio?
>
> Thanks
> Chris Keen
> '77 spider
> Los Altos, CA
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