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How to Diagnose a Pulsating Brake Pedal
A pulsating brake pedal may indicate brake parts worn beyond their limits or loose components. Excessive lateral run-out or thickness variation also may cause this condition. Diagnose a pulsating brake pedal by implementing the following st... Read More »
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What would make a 97 jeeps brakes to pulsate?
Warped rotors. Driving using the left foot to brake causes the rotors to heat up. Quenching the hot rotors by driving thru water will cause them to warp. The warped rotors cause the pedal to pulsate. Read More »
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Why does your anti lock brake pulsate?
The Anti-Lock brakes pulsate so the brakes do not lock up (anti) and cause the vehicle to side out. Read More »
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The brake rotors are warped are out of round. Need to do a brake job and have the rotors turned are replaced. Be sure to install new pads and shoes.
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Perhaps the car needs new rotors and turning them would only exasperate the problem as the rotors will only become even MORE?
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As stated above, warped rotors or parallelism to the rotors, will make the brakes pulsate. Rear brake rotor warpage will not give you a big noticeable pulsation as the front brakes on today's cars are about 70-80 percent of braking, where a...
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You have already figured out why resurfacing brake rotors can produce other issues. Brand new rotors are able to provide an adequate heat sink when braking. The more times the rotors have been resurfaced their ability to provide an adequate...
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you have two good answers already, first: check the hub for lateral runout, if its had the wheel "curbed" or been in an accident this is likely. second: have a machine shop check the new drums for runout and if they are good, properly torqu...
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Edward, I have had problems if I used anything other that the original pads and rotors. Now I used Volvo pads and rotors not a problem. Now do you clean the surface where the rotor mounts? There might be a build up of "crud" that does not a...
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The front rotors are out of round or warped, Need to have the rotors turned.
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