Re: Steering Wheel Vibrations

From: Mag318Racr@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 12 2000 - 18:58:58 EST


In a message dated 3/12/00 4:56:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
grndak4x4@home.com writes:

> The last 2-3 days I have noticed I get some steering wheel vibrations, very
> bad at times; only when braking though. It was really bad today when I went
> and picked up my dad's 21ft(3500+pounds) Lake Michigan fishing boat from
> storage, the wheel felt like it was going to give birth!! Would this denote
> I have warped rotors? I still am running factory rotors at 118,800 miles;
> just because I watch my brake pads(to make sure they dont dig into the
> rotors) and they have only been turned 3 times and are still within
> 'limits'; low limits at that because they cannot be turned any more. I have
> no problems buying new rotors, only if I have to though. Would the machine
> shop I take my rotors/drums into for tunring be able to tell if they are
> warped? Thanks,
> Kyle
Kyle, make sure your rotors are torqued down properly on the spindles. You
did a brake job recently, right? Maybe they worked some play in there. I had
a similar prob on my trul a long time ago.

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Kelly in SC
'96 CC 5.2
'92 Daytona IROC R/T Finally!
'86 Daytona Turbo Z CS "Free 2 Good Home"



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