hunterp27

well gang I have lost my patience with this upgrade and I am about to move back to stock brakes all the way around on my Escalade. I am tired of chasing the shimmy which must be my truck since nobody else has this issue....I will make someone a heck of a deal if they want to take my entire setup. what I have: - 4 yellow calipers with Cadillac instead of Corvette logo - 4 Rudy brackets - 2 Baer rear one-piece rotors - 2 Baer front 2-piece rotors I'd do the whole set up for 1500 bucks

Rudy, Thanks for the reply. Very interesting.......Over-torquing the lug nuts can essentially bend the rotor huh? That's hard to get my head around but I guess it can happen like you say. Interesting side note I have been going back and forth with Mark from BAER and I asked him whether they were making the two-piece again and he said the following, cut and pasted from his email: New rotors and pads is probably the way to go. As for the two-piece rotors, it appears that you have GM truck rotors which are only available in 1-piece. Now I am really confused. Do they make them or not?

Hey gang, I am writing to everyone that has put these brakes on their trucks. I have a few questions and an explanation leading to those questions. First off, I have had the brakes on my wife's 2009 Escalade for about 7 months now if I recall correctly. At first after installing them things were great. Increased braking performance with much better looks for sure. About two months ago I started to notice some chatter/vibration upon braking. It worsened with time and I figured it was a warped rotor. So I took all four of them off and had them turned. When I picked them up the shop that did it told be they were slightly outta spec but not terrible. When I put them back on it seemed as though the chatter was better but not enough to say it was solved. So, since then I started chasing other areas that might be contributing factors. I knew I had a bad right front wheel bearing so I replaced both front bearings while replacing the front CV joints for the AWD. Didn't think the CV's would have anything to do with it but they were leaking grease bad. No improvement. Just changed from single pads to padlettes at all for corners last week. No improvements. So now I confused and don't know where to look next. I have double and triple checked all the bolts for the adapters and the calipers. All tight. The only thing I can think of is maybe the rear wheel bearings? 1. Has anyone else chased this or a similar problem when switching to these monoblock Z06's calipers on their trucks? 2. What else should I be looking for? 3. Could the fact that the pads dont cover 100% of the disc have anything to do with it? 4. If I swap out the front rotors am I to understand that they now are making the two-piece rotors again at BAER? Any ideas would be very much appreciated as I really do not want to go back to stockers for several reasons. Hunter 469-766-2667

Rudy, your brackets are flat out perfect. The fit and finish is top notch. I worked my way thru the three issues finally and here were the outcomes: 1. Not real sure how to adjust these but I rotated the mechanism drawing in the shoes a little bit. This allowed the new disc to go on relatively easy. 2. I still do not know why the threads would not start when trying to install the new brake line but to solve it I took the hard line off and drove it down to the nearest brake place. Had to swing by the local chevy dealer to buy the fitting as they are not a typical size. Of course they aren't, as none of my projects ever work out with a single trip to Autozone. Anyway, the brake place cut ff the old fitting (just about 1mm of metal), slid on the new coupling and re-flared the hard line. All done. 3. Not too difficult with a good angle grinder or cut-off tool but does require some skill to not gouge the bracket that holds the emergency brake. This was the most difficult part of the conversion by far for NNBS as the dust shields are NOT really removable.

Right rear - first picture.....

So lemme start off by saying that I am more than a little irritated at my project status. I have encountered several issues along the way that it doesn't appear anyone else has struggled with. I read and reread the step-by-step instructions before starting on Saturday morning and felt like I was set up to knock all 4 corners out in one day. This was based on the previous posts I had read from others doing this. I have a more than adequate tool supply and ability with things like this but damn if I haven't bogged down. Here it is Sunday evening and I have only gotten the two rears done with one small exception that I'll not below. I hope the fronts are easier. Problem number 1: E-brake/Parking brake shoes were wedged extremely tight into the left rear rotor. Took forever jacking the foot lever in the cabin and releasing it and using the bolt holes to drive the old stock rotor off the hub. Problem number 2: I decided to install Stop Tech SS braided lines during this swap thinking it would be as simple as unscrewing the stockers and replacing them with the new SS lines. NOT !!!!. The right rear was a struggle but I was finally able to get the hard line to thread into the new SS line and it is installed and functioning. The left rear however is another matter. I COULD NOT get the hard line to thread into the new SS line. I removed the entire hard line and got it into the sunlight. There was nothing wrong with the threads on the hard line or the new SS line but for the life of me I could not them to thread together. So, the stocker is on the left rear until I can get someone to tell me what the hell I am missing here. Problem number 3: The dust shields on the GM900 NNBS 2007-2014 are just ever so slightly different that the GM 800 NBS. It first glance they look the same but they cannot be removed from the truck without taking the entire axle and hub assembly out of the truck. That's far more effort than I wanted to get into so I took a cutting wheel and cut out the section needed. I don't recall reading this anywhere that this step is required. Its a pain in the arse!!!! On the plus side, the brackets fit extremely well and everything is lined up nicely. I have bled the rears and will re-bled once the front are done. This just wasn't as easy I was expecting.....

Finally got all my shit together to do the upgrade to my wife's 2009 Bright Blue Escalade ESV. Only thing I am missing right now are the banjo bolts that attach the brake lines to the new Z06 calipers. The bolts that came with my Stoptech SS brake lines do not fit. Different thread pitch. Cannot wait to get this done !!! Thanks again to Rudy and Ray and everyone whose made this whole thing possible. Couple more photos since people like photos one more........ trying again to add one last photo