Front shakes with brakes
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Front shakes with brakes
Ok what suspension wise should i be doing to resolve this? I had a bad squeal and shaking last year from the front. I put new pads and rotors on, and all new rear drum/shoes too, and the braking was better, but squeeked occasionally.
Well its gotten worse and worse again, to the point of hard shaking when you hit the brakes.. Took in to a shop cause im not fooling with it anymore, and they lubed the claipers, replaced the pads and turned the rotors.. said one of the rotors was sticking.
All was good when i left
Well, its been about a week and i can feel the shaking comin back and started to hear a squeek again.
What on earth is causing this?
Well its gotten worse and worse again, to the point of hard shaking when you hit the brakes.. Took in to a shop cause im not fooling with it anymore, and they lubed the claipers, replaced the pads and turned the rotors.. said one of the rotors was sticking.
All was good when i left
Well, its been about a week and i can feel the shaking comin back and started to hear a squeek again.
What on earth is causing this?
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maybe your rotors are warping. I notice you live in AZ, lots of people in hot climates warp their rotors accidentally. instead of just stopping at a stop light and sitting there, instead stop, and gradually let the truck roll forward so that the heat from your pads doesn't soak into one particular spot on the rotors and warp them.
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Any off road driving?
You may be in need of new caliper pins and or bushings.
The caliper pins can stick and cause all sorts of problems.
Just re-lubing them will help ,but only for a short time.
I have found that it's best to replace the pins and the bushings during every brake job.
Do you drive off-road at all or through any water (yes even rain soaked roads) ?
You might be contaminating your caliper pins with grime.
Keep your caliper pins lubed!
Also you may have a sticky caliper piston.
If your caliper piston is sticking. It will cause your pads to drag on the rotors.
I replaced my Calipers with re-built units.
I would replace both Calipers at the same time to aviod any further problems.
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The caliper pins can stick and cause all sorts of problems.
Just re-lubing them will help ,but only for a short time.
I have found that it's best to replace the pins and the bushings during every brake job.
Do you drive off-road at all or through any water (yes even rain soaked roads) ?
You might be contaminating your caliper pins with grime.
Keep your caliper pins lubed!
Also you may have a sticky caliper piston.
If your caliper piston is sticking. It will cause your pads to drag on the rotors.
I replaced my Calipers with re-built units.
I would replace both Calipers at the same time to aviod any further problems.
SFB
PM me for more brake info.
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I went through the same problem. After replaceing the rotors twice I put on new everything including brake lines and front bearings.The problem is gone. I think the real problem was the calipers. But any way $1500 later and it has been over a year and no shaking.
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