wishihadatalon
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- Aug 18, 2002
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Grand Rapids,
Michigan
Alright guys, it has taken me a long time to get up the courage to post this thread and that is mainly due to the fact that this should be simple. With that said, I have a 1g that sat in a field for many years. I've slowly been rebuilding it over the last year and finally have it in driving condition. After getting it driving, I found a sticking caliper on the passenger front despite going through the slides and cleaning up the pins. This obviouslly caused a shake in the front end.
I have replaced or done the following items
Front:
1. Soft lines
2. Calipers
3. Rotors
4. Pads
5. Wheel bearings
6. Tires
7. Caliper Brackets
8. cleaned mating surfaces of hubs and wheels
Rear
1. Rotors
2. Pads
3. Verified that the calipers are in working order
So with all of that I still get a substantial pulse in the pedal and occasionally a shake in the wheel when I apply the brakes on the highway. I have had the car in off the ground in gear and didn't see a substantial amount of runout on the wheels or the rotors (I do have a little vertical runout on the rotors though) though I don't have an indicator to get actual measurements. I have done a shake down on the whole front end and everything appears to be tight.
I am completely out of ideas on this. I have checked everything mechanical that I can think of and I stll can not get rid of the issue. Does anyone have any thoughts? Could vertical runout cause this issue? I'm working on an indicator to get actual measurements.
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
TJ
I have replaced or done the following items
Front:
1. Soft lines
2. Calipers
3. Rotors
4. Pads
5. Wheel bearings
6. Tires
7. Caliper Brackets
8. cleaned mating surfaces of hubs and wheels
Rear
1. Rotors
2. Pads
3. Verified that the calipers are in working order
So with all of that I still get a substantial pulse in the pedal and occasionally a shake in the wheel when I apply the brakes on the highway. I have had the car in off the ground in gear and didn't see a substantial amount of runout on the wheels or the rotors (I do have a little vertical runout on the rotors though) though I don't have an indicator to get actual measurements. I have done a shake down on the whole front end and everything appears to be tight.
I am completely out of ideas on this. I have checked everything mechanical that I can think of and I stll can not get rid of the issue. Does anyone have any thoughts? Could vertical runout cause this issue? I'm working on an indicator to get actual measurements.
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
TJ