Hey guy's. I will try to make this as short as possible:
Last August I took my 2009 GT500 to my local Ford dealer to have some rear suspension upgrades installed (upper and lowers, Eibach springs) and 3:73 gears installed. I bought my car brand new in 09 and have been wanting 3:73 gears since day one, basically just to make the car easier to drive around town. I feel like the 3:31's make you slip the clutch too much around town, although great for the highway. Anyway, my car was just an upper pulley, CAI, & Lund tune 7400 mile car with 0 issues. I had FMS 3:73 gears that I had bought for another Cobra I had back in 2004 still in the box brand new. So after I had the suspension and gears installed I was very happy, loved the lowered look, no more wheel hop and a pretty quiet 3:73 gear. I was loving life for about 200 miles, and then I drove through a parking lot one day and heard a noise that sounded like my brakes were sticking! Hard to describe but think of the noise a semi would make when doing fairly hard braking coming to a stop, sort of a high pitched groaning noise. So after further investigation, my left rear brakes are getting hot (about 25 degrees hotter than the right side, I used a temp. gun) after just a short drive. So after taking it back to the dealer 6 times and replacing the brake line, caliper, brake pads and the rotor.................. guess what? Yep still the same thing, brakes getting hot and making that irritating noise after being driven only about 10 miles. I had replaced the line and caliper late last summer early fall, but it failed to resolve the issue, so I put new pads and the rotor on it over the winter while in storage. So......... keep in mind that this car did not have a problem unit after the gear install, so I am really baffled as to what it could be??! The only thing I can think of is maybe a sensor or a bearing in the rear end??? Oh and I have the emergency brake on the left side unhooked just to be sure that was not causing the issue. Any ideas or suggestions??? After spending over $2,000 dollars for parts and install at this dealer they don't seem like they want to help or have any idea!?? The tech that done the install was highly recommended and just says there is nothing he can find wrong. Please help!
Last August I took my 2009 GT500 to my local Ford dealer to have some rear suspension upgrades installed (upper and lowers, Eibach springs) and 3:73 gears installed. I bought my car brand new in 09 and have been wanting 3:73 gears since day one, basically just to make the car easier to drive around town. I feel like the 3:31's make you slip the clutch too much around town, although great for the highway. Anyway, my car was just an upper pulley, CAI, & Lund tune 7400 mile car with 0 issues. I had FMS 3:73 gears that I had bought for another Cobra I had back in 2004 still in the box brand new. So after I had the suspension and gears installed I was very happy, loved the lowered look, no more wheel hop and a pretty quiet 3:73 gear. I was loving life for about 200 miles, and then I drove through a parking lot one day and heard a noise that sounded like my brakes were sticking! Hard to describe but think of the noise a semi would make when doing fairly hard braking coming to a stop, sort of a high pitched groaning noise. So after further investigation, my left rear brakes are getting hot (about 25 degrees hotter than the right side, I used a temp. gun) after just a short drive. So after taking it back to the dealer 6 times and replacing the brake line, caliper, brake pads and the rotor.................. guess what? Yep still the same thing, brakes getting hot and making that irritating noise after being driven only about 10 miles. I had replaced the line and caliper late last summer early fall, but it failed to resolve the issue, so I put new pads and the rotor on it over the winter while in storage. So......... keep in mind that this car did not have a problem unit after the gear install, so I am really baffled as to what it could be??! The only thing I can think of is maybe a sensor or a bearing in the rear end??? Oh and I have the emergency brake on the left side unhooked just to be sure that was not causing the issue. Any ideas or suggestions??? After spending over $2,000 dollars for parts and install at this dealer they don't seem like they want to help or have any idea!?? The tech that done the install was highly recommended and just says there is nothing he can find wrong. Please help!