Steering wheel and brake shake
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From: Macungie Pa
Steering wheel and brake shake Now this is getting annoying. At higher speeds (60-90) my steering wheel shakes. My steering wheel also shakes when I press my brakes. I have no clue what is causing it. I had my mechanic look to make sure my rotors were not warped. He said it was fine. Any ideas?
My brakes also suck at higher speeds as well. We I brake from 90 mph or high it takes forever to stop.
My brakes also suck at higher speeds as well. We I brake from 90 mph or high it takes forever to stop.
If your rotors and pads are glazed braking performance will suck. How did your mechanic check to see if the rotors were warped? That's what it sounds like to me. Most of the time you cannot visually see the warp as it only has to be warped by thousandths of an inch to cause the problems you are having. You could just have your front rotors turned and sand the pads to remove the glaze and see if that fixes it. Its pretty cheap to get rotors turned
If your steering wheel shakes at speed without touching the brakes, your tires are either WAY out of balance or you may have a caliper slide pin frozen, keeping the caliper from completely releasing the rotor. If your steering wheel is shaking under braking, the rotors are warped....period. These cars are notorious for it. My stockers warped bad twice in under 30k miles, so I tossed them for some powerslot rotors. 20k miles later they're still straight.
If this is really bad enough that you can see the wheel shimmy by itself on the highway - this is one of several rather common, easy things such as wheel balance, warped rotors, or at worst case, a sticking caliper.
If your mechanic can't diagnose that - it's time to find a new mechanic.
If your mechanic can't diagnose that - it's time to find a new mechanic.
