Glyn Mk3 0 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 I had all my discs and pads replaced in January this year after having problems with brake judder plus the rear discs needed replacing anyway. After taking it easy for about 500 miles to be on the safe side, the discs and pads were nicely bedded in and the brakes finally felt effective. However the brake judder has been gradually returning. First apparent when braking from high speeds 80mph + by a noticable grinding sound and the steering wheel judders. This has become progressively worse again, and the steering judder happens when normally braking (not especially hard) from around 40mph or more. It's really annoying me this problem has come back, looking at the service history, the front discs have now been replaced 4 times within 2 years! What could be causing the Discs to become warped so quickly?!! It's such a pain having a fast car which you are unable to utilise due to not trusting the brakes! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 thats really bizarre, never heard of this on a vr6 before.what type of discs were fitted? they didn't happen to be cheap ones ,like halfords, did they? and were decent quality pads used as well?i'm pretty much clutching at straws with this idea. but i know a lot of vauxhalls have problems warping every type of disc/pad except genuine and uprated ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Glyn Mk3 0 Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 They were ATE discs, not sure about the pads, but I'm pretty sure they were OE ones or similar. Fitted professionally at Midland VW. I'll try and dig out the receipt tomorrow. I can only think of maybe a sticky caliper, but that MUST have been checked when the discs and pads were done, as I said that judder was the problem. The guy even said my existing discs were practically new, but on inspection the inner side of the discs were warped. I hope there is not some underlying (expensive) problem here. :@ Link to post Share on other sites
28v6r 0 Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Do you experience "Tram lining" at all i.e the car wanders all over the place when put on the white lines of the road??? Just curious.....Regards28v6r Link to post Share on other sites
Glyn Mk3 0 Posted June 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 No tramlining at all, handling is fine, until the brakes are applied! then the steering wheel will start to shake Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 check rear engine mounting Link to post Share on other sites
kilokilla 0 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 also check the connectors on end ov anti rollbar joining rollbar to wishbone Link to post Share on other sites
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