Austin Kupper

Thx, I think all four tires are bad in one way or another. they are only
a year old and i cant get much back on them. so much for cheap tires.

Actualy i found that increasing the tire presure reduces the brake
vibration. Why i dont know. I rotated tires front to back but the
vibration remanes

In <jBkEb.3129$5M.84727@dfw-read.news.verio.net> Jason wrote:
> Sounds to me as you have two problems.
>
> 1) car pulls in one direction
> Answer: After rotating the tries you noticed the pull in the
> opposite direction, indicating that the tire needs to be checked for
> air pressure loss or even rebalanced. If this does not help check
> the rims for any major scratches this can cause the tire to be
> unbalanced.
>
> 2) braking vibration,
> Answer: Try the above first if this does not fix your problem try
> checking the brake pads. Note if they are shiny upon inspection it
> may be a good idea to replace them.
>
> Give that a shot and keep me posted on what happens.
>
> Jason
>
> Austin Kupper wrote:
>
>> History, I turned the rotors, i had a brakeing vibration after a
>> month. I replaced the rotors, same thing after about a month. The
>> car pulls right, i have directional tires so i cant swap long term,
>> but did for a short time and the pull reversed. i am wondering if my
>> tires are bad and may be causing the brakeing vibration. when i am
>> brakeing to a stop the ride gets lumpy at the end, any ideas? I get
>> a strange metal fatigue noise from the driver side, only under
>> brakeing. After takeing apart the calipers i can not find fault. The
>> bolts are not bent the calipers look ok. I replaced the boot and
>> seel, although they seemed ok. i was able to clean out some gunk.
>> master cylender is new, i replaced a leaky proportioning valve which
>> firmed up the pedal greatly.the rear boots were replaced. If i use
>> the e-brake at high speed there is no vibration. I have never had
>> confirmation of rotor runout, how can i do this? These tires do
>> seem to run much hotter then the old ones could they be it. Ideas?
>> Austin
>
>

Austin Kupper

Thx, I think all four tires are bad in one way or another. they are only
a year old and i cant get much back on them. so much for cheap tires.

Actualy i found that increasing the tire presure reduces the brake
vibration. Why i dont know. I rotated tires front to back but the
vibration remanes

In <jBkEb.3129$5M.84727@dfw-read.news.verio.net> Jason wrote:
> Sounds to me as you have two problems.
>
> 1) car pulls in one direction
> Answer: After rotating the tries you noticed the pull in the
> opposite direction, indicating that the tire needs to be checked for
> air pressure loss or even rebalanced. If this does not help check
> the rims for any major scratches this can cause the tire to be
> unbalanced.
>
> 2) braking vibration,
> Answer: Try the above first if this does not fix your problem try
> checking the brake pads. Note if they are shiny upon inspection it
> may be a good idea to replace them.
>
> Give that a shot and keep me posted on what happens.
>
> Jason
>
> Austin Kupper wrote:
>
>> History, I turned the rotors, i had a brakeing vibration after a
>> month. I replaced the rotors, same thing after about a month. The
>> car pulls right, i have directional tires so i cant swap long term,
>> but did for a short time and the pull reversed. i am wondering if my
>> tires are bad and may be causing the brakeing vibration. when i am
>> brakeing to a stop the ride gets lumpy at the end, any ideas? I get
>> a strange metal fatigue noise from the driver side, only under
>> brakeing. After takeing apart the calipers i can not find fault. The
>> bolts are not bent the calipers look ok. I replaced the boot and
>> seel, although they seemed ok. i was able to clean out some gunk.
>> master cylender is new, i replaced a leaky proportioning valve which
>> firmed up the pedal greatly.the rear boots were replaced. If i use
>> the e-brake at high speed there is no vibration. I have never had
>> confirmation of rotor runout, how can i do this? These tires do
>> seem to run much hotter then the old ones could they be it. Ideas?
>> Austin
>
>