Brake Problem FIXED
I have a brake problem. When I stomp on the brakes at 80 or so and slow down fast, pushing on the brake peddle hard, the car stops just fine. So that's not a problem:)
However, if I try to do that again when the brakes are hot, the car jerks forward with a stopping motion and there is a loud grinding noise up front. The jerking motion is violent, a real stutter. But there is absolutely no pulse in the steering wheel when the barkes are hot:confused: It does not feel like a wrapped rotor. Any ideas on this? The brake pads are worn down with about 40% left on them. Thanks 30 April, 2003 Edit> This problem was caused by sticking front caliphers. The caliphers were rusting due to torn boots. |
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My brakes would do this on high speed stops - doing 120 - 70 in a short time- the car shakes violently and the brakes are pretty worthless until they cooled down some. It did it even with new pads. My rotors were paper thin but not warped and the steering wheel never shook under normal braking. I always attributed it to the thin rotors heating up way too fast.
New rotors all the way around and new fluid and I have no problems anymore. |
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Day-umm, second place finish agin! To SBX-Commuter: I guess I envy your "commute" for sheer excitement. I've had to really jam on the brakes at high speed ONCE in almost two years of SVX ownership, & I guarantee you that them rotors had plenty of time to cool down while I laundered my soiled skivvies from the FIRST panic stop. Must be them Joisey drivers! Ron. |
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OK - In an attempt to be semi-serious here, could the acronym "ABS" have anything to do with the described condition? If the system engages due to slippage, why not slippage due to heat? Obviously pearlies are more suseptible due to sun spot activity & refractive reverberation. So there! Ron. |
I'm heading to limerock in 2 weeks for a track day. 4-30min session should let me know how good my brakes really are, especially after heating up!
I'm running the Raceconcepts slotted/dimple drilled rotors in the front and metal-master pads all around, with Synthetic Fluid and SS Lines. -mike |
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Let me clear something up here. This never happens during my commute:) I am always a long way behind the car in front of me. At least 3 seconds or more. None of my extracurricular activity takes place on the highway with crowds, it is always off on a deserted back road somewhere:) with no one else around. You see I learned from my first panic stop on rt 80 years ago:) If you can drive in the NYC metro area in the rain, on a Friday, at 5pm, in December, (as in it's dark) you can drive anywhere:D iwth a large supply of Depends.;) |
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ABS is for slippage between the tyre and the road and NOT the pad and the disk. Altough it has shown up more on a Sunny Day when the sun spots are more or less active.:p ABS at 70 mph:confused: They have linked Sunspots with the global weather paterns, a very nice piece of work. |
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