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Title: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: djm1964 on 23 February 2009, 15:54:52: Hi , last thing I promise :) , had new pads and disks about a year ago only done about 5 k on them , but when breaking sometimes , not all the time , get quiet bad steering wheel shudder ? Any advise would be very welcome. Thanks again take care

Dave
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 23 February 2009, 16:02:18: Quote
Hi , last thing I promise :) , had new pads and disks about a year ago only done about 5 k on them , but when breaking sometimes , not all the time , get quiet bad steering wheel shudder ? Any advise would be very welcome. Thanks again take care

Dave

Well, its either discs or worn front wishbone bushes.
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: Sad on 23 February 2009, 16:13:50: My previous mig, a '98 2.5, did that... Turned out to be the wishbone bushes I seem to remember...
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: djm1964 on 23 February 2009, 16:20:38: thankyou both very much I will ask the garage to look at them . Take care ( oh whats a MIG ? pls ? )

Dave
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: Seth on 23 February 2009, 16:21:10: Quote
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Hi , last thing I promise :) , had new pads and disks about a year ago only done about 5 k on them , but when breaking sometimes , not all the time , get quiet bad steering wheel shudder ? Any advise would be very welcome. Thanks again take care

Dave

Well, its either discs or worn front wishbone bushes.

Yep - either of these are the usual culprits!
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: Sad on 23 February 2009, 16:21:56: Quote
thankyou both very much I will ask the garage to look at them . Take care ( oh whats a MIG ? pls ? )

Dave

mig or miggy - Omega :y
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: ians on 23 February 2009, 16:22:22: Quote
thankyou both very much I will ask the garage to look at them . Take care ( oh whats a MIG ? pls ? )

Dave

an oMIGa ;)
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: largecol on 23 February 2009, 18:14:58: Def look at discs and pads. Was the car parked for any long period of time? Sometimes this can cause an `imprint` of the pads on the disc if calipers not returning but that should naturally wear off after a decent length journey with average breaking. Also even a slight warp on the disc could account for a judder - easily spotted with the wheel off spinning the disc. Otherwise as already stated --wishbone bushes, but try the simplest first.... :y
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: TheBoy on 23 February 2009, 18:26:27: Wish I could get 5k out of a set of discs ::)

(thats unfair - the genuine GM ones have faired much better)
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: Tawfield on 23 February 2009, 22:20:11: My two pennyworth,Id go for front brake discs,vented discs don`t like a hard stop or panic stop and the driver sitting with his size tens pushing the brake pedal making the pads hugging and keeping the disc nice and hot while the rest of the disc is cooling down,they crack but the problem does`nt appear till a few miles more and you have forgotten,had the same problem with granadas, transits,does`nt seem to happen with non vented discs,if suspension the veh will pull left or right when the brakes are applied,so go fo discs.
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: dbug on 24 February 2009, 08:39:52: Were your replacement discs genuine Vx - if not I'd suspect discs and replace with genuine Vx :y
Title: Re: Wheel shudder when breaking ?
Post by: The Red Baron on 24 February 2009, 08:45:38: I have warped discs on my cdx, quite severe judder braking from high speed down to about 35-40mph. must get them changed.