Strong vibration under medium to heavy braking
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Strong vibration under medium to heavy braking
Looking for possible explanation for this. The car shows similar vibration that you would undergo when your rotors are warped, but at much stronger level. Checked the brake pads and they have plenty of life. Rotors are gm drilled and slotted. They are 1 year and 4 months old as are the pads. Newest mod to the car are the sportline springs. Springs have been on for a few months now. My only thoughts here are that the stock shocks have gone bad. I beat on the car around corners fairly often. We checked the motor and tranny mounts and they look fine. Any thoughts?
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I'm thinking the rotors are warped. Even though they are drilled and slotted if you brake hard enough for long enough they're bound to have problems eventually. Only other thing I could think of is if you got new wheels/tires they are out of balance (and yes, tires can be out of balance and you just have to drive to break them in)
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Don't think it's a tire balance issue as the vibration is only present under breaking at medium to high levels. I was really leaning toward warped rotors but because of the severity of the vibration, I began to think there was a different problem. My oem rotors warped and a vibration was present, but nothing of this magnitude. I was be completely surprised if GM would put there name of a better rotor than oem, but worse in terms of it warping to this degree over such a short period of time. Not ruling this out by any means though.
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Don't think it's a tire balance issue as the vibration is only present under breaking at medium to high levels. I was really leaning toward warped rotors but because of the severity of the vibration, I began to think there was a different problem. My oem rotors warped and a vibration was present, but nothing of this magnitude. I was be completely surprised if GM would put there name of a better rotor than oem, but worse in terms of it warping to this degree over such a short period of time. Not ruling this out by any means though.
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Yea, my GM drilled and slotted rotors warpped on me. Both rear one's... they really suck LOL. I and just waiting for the pads to wear out and then I am putting Power Slot's on. Same thing with me though, Medium to Heavy braking is when I get the Vibes
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ABS feels like ur brake pedal pulsating, consistently, and usually only under hard braking.
warped rotors= vibrations, car vibrates not just pedal. its annoying and u can DEF tell the difference if u have ever felt ur ABS kick on.
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I guess I'll have them cut after I check the pads. Of the problem comes back after that down the road, which it will, I'll replace them. There should be a disclaimer when you buy these rotors, something to the tune of; the rotors will warp in a little over a year because they suck.
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There is a diclaimer right above the parts counter. You just cant see it when they are bending you over on the price. I payed $300 for these pos rotors. GM lets me down again LOL
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I guess I'll have them cut after I check the pads. Of the problem comes back after that down the road, which it will, I'll replace them. There should be a disclaimer when you buy these rotors, something to the tune of; the rotors will warp in a little over a year because they suck.
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Those drilled metal rotors are more for show than for go. I think most of those rotors came with a disclaimers saying not for track use. Cracks will develop around the drilled hole, especially on low quality disks.
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Alpha buddy happy to help. I was gonna say "snow in the wheels" as you are a semi pro hockey player and may be the hockey rinks are unplowed, but then i said to my self: "Self, Corey lives in FLORIDA" Ooops....
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What about slotted rotors?
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It almost sounds like pad imprinting, sometimes called hot spots.
Have you been running fast, then hard on the brakes as you hauled down hard to a dead stop? Like a stoplight? Did you keep pressure on the brakes, to hold the car in place? (Is your car an auto?)
If you get the brakes hot enough, and come to a complete stop still applying heavy pressure on the pedal (without letting the car roll a little,) some of the brake pad material can literally fuse to the rotor resulting in an uneven surface. This can cause subsequent braking vibration, and not always show up as runout on a dial indicator.
Have you been running fast, then hard on the brakes as you hauled down hard to a dead stop? Like a stoplight? Did you keep pressure on the brakes, to hold the car in place? (Is your car an auto?)
If you get the brakes hot enough, and come to a complete stop still applying heavy pressure on the pedal (without letting the car roll a little,) some of the brake pad material can literally fuse to the rotor resulting in an uneven surface. This can cause subsequent braking vibration, and not always show up as runout on a dial indicator.
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I'm leaning toward it being the pads as qwik is suggesting. (Thanks by the way in case Corey didn't pass that along) The rotors look perfect and I don't see or feel any of the glazed ridges that I observed on my OE rotors. Granted I'm not a human dial indicator.
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im going to say 99% of the time by looking/feeling the rotors you will not notice anything.