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Old 06-13-2008, 10:32 PM
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problems galore - brakes and more

I've just about had it. 2 more problems i found today I was driving home after work and had to hit the brakes fairly hard on the freeway. I noticed that the steering wheel jereked a little bit to the right then stopped. This is not noticed when gradually applying the brakes under normal conditions. I was able to repeat this a couple more times by tapping the brakes quickly.

I just recently (last week) replaced my old worn out rotors with new OEM ones and likewise my old OEM pads with Axxiss deluxe.

I did the bedding procedure. Everything seemed fine, but maybe I just didn't notice this then. I was getting a lot of noise from the pads scraping the rotors but I have driven about 100mi since then and the noise seems to have gone away. Is this at all normal being that I have not driven on the new brakes much yet?

So after I parked the car I started exploring a little more - to my shagrin I found that my passenger side CV boot had torn pretty bad and thrown grease all over the inside of the wheel, great. Can't wait to do this job again... I just replaced the driver side not long ago. The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. They weren't kidding when they told me to just replace both sides. I knew it was going to go sometime soon because i could see it starting to crack - I was just hoping to go a little longer on it lol. This must have happened today.

I don't think the brake issue and cv boot things are related. I'll probably check the wheel lug nut torque first, then work my way around each wheel to inspect the rotors and each caliper to make sure the pads are sitting even on the rotors.

The brake pedal feels pretty normal, maybe a little on the soft side.

Can anyone please help me out here or steer me im the right direction? I'm not totally sure what I should be looking for in regards to the braking problem. I'm guessing since the wheel jerks to the right then the problem is probably in the front driver side wheel? I would think that this might be due to the passenger side caliper getting more pressure and gripping the rotor better? I can see the zinc has worn off the rotors on both sides tho? Ugh I am so frustrated and the CV boot was just the fucking cherry on top.
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