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I replaced my front pads and rotors with Bendix pads, but with cheaper rotors from Kragens. Now I am experiencing brake shudder at higher speeds. I am guessing since the rotors are cheaper, they are probably warping early on. Should I have them turned? And if so, will that disrupt the "bedding" process?
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did this happen before you changed the brakes?
first check that the runout is with in spec on the rotors
if that checks out then you a-arm bushings are shot and you need new control arms
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No. This started happening after changing brakes, which leads me to believe its the cheap rotors that are warping already. I cleaned and lubed the slider pins and they all seemed OK. Lesson learned - don't cheap out on brakes!
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Originally posted by gliderjoe: No. This started happening after changing brakes, which leads me to believe its the cheap rotors that are warping already. I cleaned and lubed the slider pins and they all seemed OK. Lesson learned - don't cheap out on brakes!
sounds right then, and yeah don't cheap out on brakes, I don't get those that do, the brakes and tires are what keep you on the road and allow you to stop ...
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Before you go pulling anything apart, check to make sure you have the retaining clips in properly.
My brakes started to "chatter" and make vibrations so I bought all the parts to replace them. But when I went to change them I notice that the retaining clip on the driver side has popped out on the bottem.
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Yeah good point. Man, putting those things back on are a PITA. No, those are on right. Its not the chattering, its more of a vibration (only breaking at speeds over 50mph). It drives me crazy.
Question: If I turn the rotors, will the slight wear in the pads be a problem with bedding to the new flat surface? And if so, would it affect breaking performance?
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more than likely the rotors were not flat and true to start with, either that or you have a bad wheel bearing allowing the rotor to "wobble"
don't worry about the pad wear; go ahead and get the rotors turned but cut as little as possible, and get them turned ON the car if at all possible, you will end up with a truer rotor in practice.
Next time, buy a quality rotor.
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Is it worth it to turn them while they are on the car? The guy down the road charges $5 ea to turn them if I bring them in. Around here only the dealer can turn the rotors on the car, which they would charge quite a bit more at $75 per hour.
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Either lathe, on the car or off the car, can do a quality job if the equipment is good and the machinist knows what he is doing. The on the car can be better, but I don't think I would pay the difference for a home brake job.
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yeah, in your case, its probably not worth paying for the on-car turning.
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