Steering wheel wobble when braking

[X5H]

Hi,

Thanks for the responses.

The steering vibrates alot when braking at say high speeds such as 70mph but also vibrates quite significantly at about 20mph when the brake peddle is pressed alot. However, not much of a wobble at 10mph and below.

Ive also noticed that its not just the steering wheel but a wobble though the front of the car. I had the car checked and all the bushes seem fine, i.e no significant play or leakage in the bushes. The car was parked up for about 4 months so not sure this would have caused anything.

I was thinking rotars but after looking on this forum most of the problems of this nature were due to the lower/upper arm bushes.

Is it worth replacing the rotars or the bushes?

[rocky1536]

Originally Posted by X5H

Hi,

Thanks for the responses.

The steering vibrates alot when braking at say high speeds such as 70mph but also vibrates quite significantly at about 20mph when the brake peddle is pressed alot. However, not much of a wobble at 10mph and below.

Ive also noticed that its not just the steering wheel but a wobble though the front of the car. I had the car checked and all the bushes seem fine, i.e no significant play or leakage in the bushes. The car was parked up for about 4 months so not sure this would have caused anything.

I was thinking rotars but after looking on this forum most of the problems of this nature were due to the lower/upper arm bushes.

Is it worth replacing the rotars or the bushes?

If your break pads are below %50, I would personally just just all the breaks and rotors, as I would bet that is your problem...I highly doubt you would feel anything from the bushings at such slow speeds...

[X5H]

Ill look to replace the rotors and pads and see what happens,

Thanks for the help guys

[ayat]

have u got aftermarket or different wheels, when i fitted my hartge rimes the centre bore was quite alot larger and get similar problems on braking, will be resolved when i fitt the correct size spiggot rings.

[RMak]

I had exactly what you have about 2 months ago. I too thought it was warped rotors and so did my indy. Ended up being the control arms. Had both control arms replaced, now it's shudder free.

[X5H]

I was thinking the control arms too hence why im a little confused as to what to replace first. If its the control arms then its usually the upper one from what I can gather.

Might do them first before the rotars as they are alot cheaper to replace

[X5H]

Originally Posted by ayat

have u got aftermarket or different wheels, when i fitted my hartge rimes the centre bore was quite alot larger and get similar problems on braking, will be resolved when i fitt the correct size spiggot rings.

Hi, standard 19inch sport wheels on my X

[X5H]

Another observation i made today was when i hit the brakes slowly i get a slight steering wheel shake/wobble/shudder at high and low speeds(up to 10mph). When i hit the brakes moderately at any speed above 10mph there is a significant steering wheel/front end shake/wobble/shudder. However, when the brakes are applied firmly then there is only a slight steering wheel shake/wobble/shudder.

[X5H]

rotars getting replaced in the morning and will see how things are after that

[X5H]

Rotars and pads replaced today and problem resolved. No more steering shudder at any speed and it only cost me £30 to get them replaced