Whenever i drive somewhere especially on the highway i feel alot of vibration in my front end through my steering wheel. mostly when im slowing down, so i'm thinking something might be wrong with my brake pads or rotors. I recently had a front end alignment also.
Not sure whats wrong
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Check the pavement.
At a stop light before hitting the freeway, the road looks fine, but it's actually fairly uneven and it sends a ton of vibration through the brake pedal and the steering wheel. This is if it only happens on specific roads near you.
Otherwise, just pop off the wheel and caliper; it's super easy.
At a stop light before hitting the freeway, the road looks fine, but it's actually fairly uneven and it sends a ton of vibration through the brake pedal and the steering wheel. This is if it only happens on specific roads near you.
Otherwise, just pop off the wheel and caliper; it's super easy.
If you only feel it when braking, then it's likely a warped brake rotor. If you feel it mostly when cruising on the freeway (not so much on city streets), and whether you're braking or not, then it's more likely to be a wheel out of balance (which isn't related to your alignment).
Ryno666
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If anyone took your wheels of when putting them back on they could have over tightened the lugs resulting in warped rotors, they need to be torqued to proper specs. I had this problem on my Mazda5 when I replaced shocks guys at shop hammered down on lugs with impact and warped my rotors but they made it right.
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Hi
See the thread below titled "Front Rotors Warped?"
Covered in detail. Rotors can warp, just not very often. Usually brake deposits.
John
See the thread below titled "Front Rotors Warped?"
Covered in detail. Rotors can warp, just not very often. Usually brake deposits.
John
Source?
http://www.stoptech.com/technical-support/technical-white-papers/-warped-brake-disc-and-other-mythsStopTech said:
The Mazda/FoMoCo rotor design isn't so thin that it will cause lateral runout on the rotor under normal driving conditions (read: stop and go traffic, freeway driving).
Bmore roads suck! Lol....
But seriously if I were you I would just check out the rotors/pads and possibly have the shop that did your alignment check it out if nothing is wrong with your brakes.
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roger that.
but...no matter what you call it...getting the rotors turned willalmost always fix the problem on braking vibration when an alignment has already been done (assuming all lugs are back to correct torque)...so at the end of the day wgara.
but...no matter what you call it...getting the rotors turned willalmost always fix the problem on braking vibration when an alignment has already been done (assuming all lugs are back to correct torque)...so at the end of the day wgara.
In 16 years of driving I've yet to have a rotor turned. Seems to me if it got warped from overtorquing you'd likely need a new rotor. That's never happened to me though, and its possible if it didn't get warped bad (from overtorquing) turning down the rotor would help. If it were me...I'd try to do numerous hard stops (on a closed course with professional driver) from a decent speed until I got some brake fade to really try and cook off any pad deposits, essentially re-bedding the pads. Just make sure you don't come to a stop for the next few minutes to let the brake system cool. If that didn't work, I'd bring it in to have the the wheels/tires balanced.
This is all assuming your lugs are torqued properly to begin with...actually you might want to check that first.
This is all assuming your lugs are torqued properly to begin with...actually you might want to check that first.
I'm going to start a game, and I hope you guys will all play along. There's only one objective: use ad hominem attacks against anybody who decides to use primary sources to back up his or her claims.
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