| thrillcat |
10-01-2014 11:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
(Post 1010817)
Does the shudder happen while driving? or on braking only? Sometimes I have a slight shimmy which comes and goes on the highway, I feel like its calipers as well since my entire front end is new, wheels are balanced true.
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It happens while driving. Often braking will make it go away, like it's freeing up the pin. It brakes smoothly and evenly. It happens when I'm NOT braking.
The mech thought it could be a warped rotor originally and when things get warm it starts to rub, but I told him that it can often start happening right out of the garage within a block or two, so he started to think possibly calipers too.
At one point a couple months ago, on the freeway, it started shuddering and kept getting worse, eventually shaking so badly I thought I had blown a tire. Pulled off. Tires were fine. Nothing lodged underneath. Backed up and looked where I had been parked, no leaks of anything, everything seemed normal. Got back in and took off and it drove like nothing was wrong. About 100 miles later it started coming back. I started to brake a bit to pull over again and it went away.
Now braking can make it go away, or sometimes it doesn't. I haven't really taken it out on the freeway for a long drive since that trip where I thought I'd blown the tire, so it hasn't shaken so badly again, but it's still there, still the same problem.
I had the wheels balanced at a different indy a month or so ago, but this mech's going to check them again. He calibrates his machine weekly. He spoke highly of the other shop, except for their hourly rate and the fact they don't calibrate as often. I like this guy, he's just hard to get into so I'm going to have to keep up relationships with both places. |
