I may as well start from the beginning to give you all the full picture.
My passenger side caliper started sticking a while back. I recently rebuilt both front calipers.
Since the caliper had been sticking, it cooked the passenger disc and warped it. Before I had bought the car, the previous owner fitted some aftermarked solid discs and OEM pads. There was a clear steering wobble/shake under braking, even after cleaning the disc of pad deposts.
A few days ago, I fitted new OEM floating discs, and EBC yellow pads. Ive been bedding the pads in since, with light braking. So far I have done 150 miles and the brakes feel great. However. As soon as I hit 70mph, I get quite a bad steering wheel shake - this is not under braking, and braking does not affect the wobble, only bringing it under 70 mph does. I have checked the wheels to make sure no wheel weights have come off, and they all appear in place.
Also to add, a few months back I swapped the front top mounts over to try out the increase in camber. This rapidly wore the inside of the tyres, and I didnt take much to the increase in tramlining. So, I swapped them back over whilst I fitted the new pads and discs.
The brake also feels like it is slightly "pulsing" when braking at very slow speeds (<5mph), like when I had the warped solid discs on. I'm 100% certain I have not warped the new discs, only light braking has been applied and this problem occured from the get go.
Anyone shed any light on this?
I'm having 4 new tyres fitted this weekend, and hope the problem is purely wheel balance related. However this would not answer the problem of the brake "pulsing".
Thanks, Chris
My passenger side caliper started sticking a while back. I recently rebuilt both front calipers.
Since the caliper had been sticking, it cooked the passenger disc and warped it. Before I had bought the car, the previous owner fitted some aftermarked solid discs and OEM pads. There was a clear steering wobble/shake under braking, even after cleaning the disc of pad deposts.
A few days ago, I fitted new OEM floating discs, and EBC yellow pads. Ive been bedding the pads in since, with light braking. So far I have done 150 miles and the brakes feel great. However. As soon as I hit 70mph, I get quite a bad steering wheel shake - this is not under braking, and braking does not affect the wobble, only bringing it under 70 mph does. I have checked the wheels to make sure no wheel weights have come off, and they all appear in place.
Also to add, a few months back I swapped the front top mounts over to try out the increase in camber. This rapidly wore the inside of the tyres, and I didnt take much to the increase in tramlining. So, I swapped them back over whilst I fitted the new pads and discs.
The brake also feels like it is slightly "pulsing" when braking at very slow speeds (<5mph), like when I had the warped solid discs on. I'm 100% certain I have not warped the new discs, only light braking has been applied and this problem occured from the get go.
Anyone shed any light on this?
I'm having 4 new tyres fitted this weekend, and hope the problem is purely wheel balance related. However this would not answer the problem of the brake "pulsing".
Thanks, Chris
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