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ShootingFish
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Joined: July 25, 2010
Posts: 330
Location: Portland, OR
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 Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:48 am Post subject: Pulsating Brakes |
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So I finally had the 16s and tires installed yesterday and when I go to stop I get a pulsation in the brake pedal and then you can also feel it when the rig comes to a stop... almost like a grab and release.
Any thoughts?
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pinealservo
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Joined: March 08, 2010
Posts: 155
Location: Lehi, UT
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| Pulsation is usually a sign of warped rotors. Over-torquing or unevenly-torquing your lug nuts/bolts can cause that. If you had a shop install the wheels after changing the tires, I'd take it back to them and ask them to make it right. |
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ShootingFish
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Joined: July 25, 2010
Posts: 330
Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:58 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like the over torquing as I did not have the sensation before the wheel change.
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dhaavers
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Joined: March 19, 2010
Posts: 7756
Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Get back there ASAP or risk a permanent warp, plus the ensuing wrestling match about who pays for the new rotors...
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ShootingFish
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Joined: July 25, 2010
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like the over torquing as I did not have the sensation before the wheel change.
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ShootingFish
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Turns out that the shop put the left drum on the right side and the right drum on the left side... I still think that there is a little over torquing on the fronts and I will have that taken care of tomorrow when the alignment is done...
I still think that a new sway bar is in my future.
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EvilDNA
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Joined: January 10, 2006
Posts: 116
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Man I LOVE the Samba. Just replaced my rear wheel cylinders and got the pulsating brake issue. Found this thread and readjusted my wheel lugs and . . . Bam . . . pulse is gone. Nobody knows everything but at least somebody knows something.
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