Ok So I replaced my rotors and pads with stock rotors and Monroe Premium Brakes and after 2 weeks my car feels the same as before. Whenever I brake the car shakes as if it?fs going over a oval or uneven surface. The car does not vibrate and the stopping distance is not the same.
Example. When you roll a coin over a even surface it rolls normal but if you roll an oval or slightly deformed coin over uneven. Know what i am saying?
Do I need a brake bleed? Or Did i miss something?
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When's the last time you had your wheels balanced and your drums serviced?
Rear brakes last year. Why? Do you think it might be the rear brakes?
Tire balance a few days ago.
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Also, make sure all your lug nuts are properly torqued.
Just speculating on things that could cause that sort of feeling.
Stock rotors are known for warping, maybe you just got a bad set from where ever you bought them.
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Gonna do a check today. But Like i said its not a vibration or a pulse its like and oval feeling....
They cannot be warped so fast could they?
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you may have bought them warped and not known it.
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if they were warped youd know. you would feel the pedal pulse when you brake
BaggedCav98 wrote:if they were warped youd know. you would feel the pedal pulse when you brake
You can not tell by looking at rotors if they are warped, duh!.
so if he bought warped rotors, or close to it, the problem may arise after some break in time.
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tgfx wrote:Gonna do a check today. But Like i said its not a vibration or a pulse its like and oval feeling....
They cannot be warped so fast could they?
your wheels are unbalanced.
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lawnmowerracer is right you can not tell if brand new rotors are already warped. only if the are used and abused can you really tell if they are warped by looking at them. and by the sound of the description your rotors are probably not warped per say but the were not true when you bought them. they may have said ready to intall but i have installed many rotors on many cars at the shop i work at and i always machine the rotors before i intall them, even if they are brand spankin new right out of the box. and 9 times out of 10 the rotors are not cut right. so all you really need to do is have the rotors machined and you should be good.
Thanx for everything guys and this weekend i tried a few things. If the ties were unbalnced they would of vibrate when i hit 80 to 140 k/hour. The ride is fine even at 160k/h. I pulled off the tires as well to double check everything and everything looks normal. I also pulled off the back tires but I do not know much about Drums so I could not tell if there was anything wrong. I have to find more info on drums. I don?ft think they were serviced for like 2 years. I do clean them once in a while.
Could it be that the drums are warped???
This is what i also noticed this weekend past. I only have the problem after I hit the brakes a few times or when i drive for a while. Its fine for the first few brakes but after that it?fs back again. So i am puzzled, if I have warped rotors then I would feel that all the time right? So I don't know what to do...
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I do not see where BaggedCav 98 wrote that you could see the warp. Read the posts Lawnmower ..Duh !!
You could be experiencing runout which is rectificed by adjusted the hub assembly if I am thinking correctly. But chances are the drums are out.
I have the same kinds of sensation...i had it before and it is drums. Warped rotors (if there is such a thing - mainly burned on pad material) will cause to feel the pedal to vibrate under braking..
A pulsating sensation felt within the car mainly points to the drums.
Rotors dont warp, they get high spots!
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Problem Fixed. I have found some info on the net about drum brakes and went and adjusted them. I still need to do some final adjustments but the braking is much better now. Thanx for all the advice everyone. Oh and clean your drums there is allot of dust in there....
I have a Question. When you rotate the drum around should the brake pads be slightly touching the drum?
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^^^where did you find the info on the drums? could you give me a link?
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