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Old 03-07-2005, 08:05 AM   #1
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Default so if my steering wheel shakes like a monkey passing persimmon seeds when I brake...

...over 50 mph, do I need to get my rotors turned?

there is no shaking whatsoever when I cruise over 50.

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Old 03-07-2005, 08:26 AM   #2
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rotors need to be turned.
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Old 03-07-2005, 08:44 AM   #3
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Maybe change your anti-shudder-under-braking fluid?
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Old 03-07-2005, 08:49 AM   #4
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Quite feeding your car persimons?

Also had this problem on my BMW, turned out it was the control arm bushings giving the shakes between 40mph-55mph.
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Old 03-07-2005, 08:58 AM   #5
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did it shake at cruise or just when braking?

this is on the forester, btw

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Quite feeding your car persimons?

Also had this problem on my BMW, turned out it was the control arm bushings giving the shakes between 40mph-55mph.
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:03 AM   #6
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If it shakes only under braking, more then likely it's the rotors. You may just have uneven pad deposits, or the rotors may not be true any more.

If the rotors look like they have sporadic splotches of brake pad material on them, you can try sanding them down to remove the deposits, and then rebed the brake pads.
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:07 AM   #7
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Sounds like me 8 months ago...I bought some slotted drilled rotors and replaced the stock ones.
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:08 AM   #8
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will I lose any credibility here if I just take it to brake check?
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:10 AM   #9
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If you mean take it and have someone else do it....prolly not.

If you do it yourself you may gain some.
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:11 AM   #10
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what I would *like* to do on that car is put in rear disks, it has rear drums now
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:20 AM   #11
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get it fixed before it eats up your tires!
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:20 AM   #12
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what I would *like* to do on that car is put in rear disks, it has rear drums now
That's about a 5 hour job. Well that's what it took me and a friend to swap out the parts as well as install SS lines.

Do not go to "just brakes".
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:32 AM   #13
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did it shake at cruise or just when braking?

this is on the forester, btw

It would shake at those speeds and when you attempted to brake at thos speeds it REALLY shook!
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Old 03-07-2005, 09:51 AM   #14
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I had the same thing happen on my car after I cooked the rotors at a track day... Getting the rotors turned solved the problem.
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Old 03-07-2005, 10:26 PM   #15
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it was the rotors

it brakes great now

man, those techs at goodyear downtown are bored, this one dude kept talking to me about how cool the forester sounds

I don't think they had ever seen a modded subie before
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Old 03-07-2005, 10:44 PM   #16
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get the rotors machined they are probably warped probably happened after applying the emergency brake to hard after they had gotten hot, had the problem last year took them to NTB had them machined and it was all good.
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Old 03-07-2005, 10:45 PM   #17
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they turned them
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Old 03-07-2005, 10:49 PM   #18
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it was the rotors
Didnt I tell you that like 3 weeks ago?
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Old 03-07-2005, 11:57 PM   #19
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Didnt I tell you that like 3 weeks ago?
no, either 10 days ago at Nicks or 8 days ago at the state meet

I'm not a miracle worker
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Old 03-08-2005, 12:19 AM   #20
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mine shakes while braking too...
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Old 03-08-2005, 08:32 AM   #21
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you may need your rotors turned

you can save a bit of money by DIY (taking off the rotors, getting them machined and then putting them back on)

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Old 03-09-2005, 12:32 AM   #22
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would this be a good excuse to upgrade?
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Old 03-09-2005, 01:11 AM   #23
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How much did that cost to get your rotors turned if u dont mind me asking, I have the same problem every now and again....
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Old 03-09-2005, 01:23 AM   #24
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BTW the problem probably came from the pads not being bedded in properly, so make sure you bed them in right or it could reoccur easily.
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Do not go to "just brakes".

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