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Evening all, quick question for you.
My friend asked me to diagnose a problem with her car, it judders and shakes under braking. Only really happens under light braking/low speeds, tracking and wheel balancing are fine, any ideas? I thought maybe a warped brake disk, other than that I could only think maybe a fcuked bush somewhere but how's best to check?
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One of them favours eh? Lol
If its a bush, check for play around the wishbones, TRE as is could be steering rack if thupland play, or like you say could be a warped disc. Rotate it and see if It hits the pads at any point.
Just a pointer, my caliper is f*cked at the moment, and is loose to the points can wobble it with one finger. That causes juddering under breaking....
And yes I need to address that, I know...
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Bad discs and pads....probably front as the rears do sod all!
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Rears are drums anyway, so shan't be that. Is the play the usual grab the wheel at 12 and 6 and give it a shake?
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Kezzieboy Wrote:Rears are drums anyway, so shan't be that. Is the play the usual grab the wheel at 12 and 6 and give it a shake?
Yeah. Also do it at 3 and 9.
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Mk4 fiesta, so many rust repairs it's hilarious, I was petrified to even jack the thing up lol
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It's most likely a warped disc tbh. Turn the wheel jacked up and you'll probably hear the disc scuffing the pad if its out of shape.
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Could also try hard breaking when not holding the steering wheel, see if it moves or pulls to one side etc..
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