Brake vibration

[spederman]

Question, my steering wheel shakes like crazy when i'm slowing down from 45+ mph. I know its something with my front brakes.

Can it ever be caused by only bad/worn brake pads, or is it always the rotors when you get the vibration?

I have slotted rotors and it sucks if there warped because they are $280/pr and cant be resurfaced. I just want to know if there is a chance that brake pads can cause it by themselves or if i should just buy all new rotors and pads.

 

[96GTstang46]

Its not ALWAYS the rotors, but most of the time it is. Just check the pads, see if they are warped or something...
(good trick is to take off the pads and place a flat edge like a ruler to see if they are wearing evenly)

 

[Zax]

Most likely rotors, did they heat up severly at any time recently? BTW, how do you like the borla cat-back? I love it over my 2 chamber Flows on my Winsor Fox and my delta 50s on my 02 GT

 

[Mustang5L5]

Do ou feel a pulsation in the pedal when the wheel shakes? If nt, it could be something else other than the brakes. Coule be something in the steering that is loose during brakig but not acceleration

 

[fobra559]

Had the same problem, it was my rotors

 

[spederman]

Yeah, i get pulsing in the brake pedal while the steering wheel shakes. I ended up ordering Hawk HPS pads and new rotors. The slotted rotors i have on there that came with my Cobra R (brembo) fonts are expensive ($280/pr). I decided to go with just the OEM 13" Brembo blanks that come with cobra's ($120/pr). I'm sure they prolly perform the same as the slotted. I'm hoping they fit though, they are both 13" rotors, but didnt know if there was any other difference between rotors from the Cobra R brembo's to regular Cobra brembo's

 

[Mustang5L5]

They will fit fine.

And the normal brembo rotors are quality rotors, so don't worry about that.

 

[fobra559]

I would love some Brembo rotors. It would be nice to have that stopping power.

 

[R.J.]

NAPA has their own line of rotors and their drilled and slotted cobra rotors are only $80 ea. I know you get what you pay for but they have been fine on my car for 18 months. EBC greens stop as good as hawks with half the dust. Just my .02

 

[AdRock]

Make sure you never wash the car and spray the rotors while they're hot. That can easily warp the hell out of them. I've had people bring their cars back because the brakes were vibrating the day after I did a brake job. One guy had been driving on the highway and in stop & go traffic for almost 2 hours, then stopped and spayed the car down as well as spraying down the rims. The cool water warped the rotors badly. He wasn't happy about having to pay for turning his rotors twice in 2 days.

 

[fobra559]

Make sure you never wash the car and spray the rotors while they're hot. That can easily warp the hell out of them. I've had people bring their cars back because the brakes were vibrating the day after I did a brake job. One guy had been driving on the highway and in stop & go traffic for almost 2 hours, then stopped and spayed the car down as well as spraying down the rims. The cool water warped the rotors badly. He wasn't happy about having to pay for turning his rotors twice in 2 days.

That might of happened to me Now I know what not to do, thanks for the info.