Need some help.......

[JDori]

Okay im not really sure if this is brake problem or maybe axel/suspension thing.

But when im driving normal or a lil hard, and i go to just use the brake (average city driving pressure/ soft pressure), my steering wheel judders, and sometimes its really bad and it feels like the whole front end is wiggling around.


So can anyone tell me whats wrong, and or what i need to replace?

[v-empire]

i dont know how bad but. alignment. wheel balance. maybe need rotors and pads.

[hellfire]

If it only does it when you brake, then its warped rotors. So you need to replace the rotors, or have them machined.

Tyler

[2005bluesti]

sounds like warped rotors, my car did that if that doesnt fix it then its probly alignment, really bad tires can do that too

[turboedsileighty]

as Tyler Said, resurface the rotors & replace the pads, should fix the problem

[JDori]

they were resurfaced back in may before i took her to tail of the dragon, which by the end of the weekend they started acting bad again.


So looks like ill be buying some rotors when i get back from my vcacation......More money away from my SR install

[Tire]

nahhh you dont really need new rotors... Ive been in super jew mode for the last several months because im in the proccess of my SR swap too... My rotors have been warped since i bought the car and it shakes like a mofo but its all good. I still cruise around with warped rotors until i can afford to buy new ones. As long as my car stops then its cool. haha

[Z infidel]

Yeah you might want to get those replaced more sooner than later. God forbid you actually have to slam on them on the freeway and end up kissing a guard rail or another car.

[FlatWoodsMonster]

Yeah you might want to get those replaced more sooner than later. God forbid you actually have to slam on them on the freeway and end up kissing a guard rail or another car.

Ya you really don't want that happening.

[Barnacles240]

shit, just recently i went sliding without good pads "they were almost gone" now i have grooves in my rear disc

[v-empire]

brand new rotors are like 15 bucks each or something.
coming down the dragon's tail will cause your rotors to warp.
alot of heat.

[Cash]

i like to spray my rotors with the garden hose whenever i come home, because i like to watch the steam coming off of them. it makes my car look really awesome. i don't understand why i have to keep getting my rotors resurfaced though.. my car shakes violently whenever i brake. it's no big deal though, b/c i can just hose them off again whenever they get too hot.

i was thinking about designing a sprayer that mounts to the lower shock and cools down the rotors as i drive. Liquid cool rotors. pretty sweet idea, huh?

ok, i'm entirely too bored at work. boat rentals are slow when the weather sucks.

[v-empire]

too hot and sudden cold will cause it to crack or warp...lol. so the misting thing might not be too good. air ducts.

when its raining, and the car is racing on the track the temperature changes are pretty consistent and the rotors arent cheap stuff.

i thought about it before but i never tried it...
you could try it on cheap rotors that people buy generically and see how they fare after hitting the ramps hard on and off.
practical is beter than theory. try it.
then we will find out for real if it effects it or not.

the fluids are important to watch, boiling and brake fade.

[Cash]

haha yea, that idea was a joke. i've lots of really sweet ideas that are actually rediculous and would never work. like my "home-made turbocharger". it's an electric leaf blower with the long part torn off, and it runs off the battery. you strap it to the throttle body and crank that sucker up. instant, constant spool!

it's funny to think about, but would never work. kinda like my liquid cooled rotors. oh, and i have a great addition to that idea. instead of water, use something with a much higher boiling point... like brake fluid! it would be like a slip-n-slide!

[turboedsileighty]

coming down the dragon's tail will cause your rotors to warp.
alot of heat.

u said it all right there, i destroyed some brand new axxis full mettalic pads on top of some new brembo slotted rotors, the pads had several cracks & chunks missing from them after returning from there only a total of like 400 miles - the rotors were still good tho, but i swapped to 5 lug & sold them to my buddy & he put them on his coupe
i love the dragon & i am going back in september, i have a friend who lives up there & takes pictures on the dragon

[S14Tech]

New rotors, or expect to replace power steering components (rack thingie) in the not so distant future. :) at least thats my diagnosis.

[ThatS13Guy]

mine does the same thing and i have to replace my rotors...also when i go over a bump i can hear a clanking sound on my front left suspension...and when i pulled onto a driveway my wheel moved back about an inch(i had someone tell me and i left them drive to make sure).....any idea on what this could be?

[S14Addiction]

Clanking sounds are usually bushings gone bad, like the tension rod..but wheel moving back sounds like a loose suspension part...Tie rod maybe?

[ThatS13Guy]

ill check it out thanks! +1 :goodjob:

[S14Addiction]

I'm curious to know that it is, I have a clank from the rear when backing up and then going forward, it bugs me.

[Beez_S13]

maybe you are running over something. like a person. or something is in the way.

[S14Addiction]

maybe you are running over something. like a person. or something is in the way.

lol, i mean its...mechanical lmao