Q&A
Ask Your Question1992 Honda Accord
Question: car shakes when i put the brakes on
Question
car shakes when i apply the brakes to stop
-
Answer #1
Visitor, September 10, 2010, 11:25Replyfront rotors
Flag ThisLike0 -
Answer #2
Jimmythegeek September 22, 2010, 22:19
RookieFront Rotors! I just bought with 300,000 miles on the car. The steering wheel was shaking when I stopped the car. Front Rotors replaced and all is fine now. Brake pads were also getting low so replaced them at same time since were 1/2 gone.
Flag ThisLike0 -
Reply
BIGGRIGG, August 09, 2011, 21:30Reply
Rookiehow hard of a job was it i need mine done want to do them my self but i was told u have to replace the bearings and that they need to be pressed on?
Flag This -
Best Answer
neilbilodeau April 22, 2011, 18:44Reply
TechnicianThe reason you car shakes (I would think in the steering wheel) is that you front rotors have over heated and now have high and low spots causing the pads to catch and then repeat over and over gain. People used to say (and some still do) that the rotors are warped. You can have the rotors machined if they have enough material left on them or if they are under or near the minimum thickness you should replace them. If they are too close the the minimum thickness the rotors can not dissipate the heat produced from the friction between the rotor and the brake pads and are very likely to "warp" gain.
Neil Bilodeau
SAF-T Auto Centers
Wallingford, CT 06492Flag ThisLike | 1 person likes this1
This week's top 10
| 1 globalhelper | 6 Merrimack Auto |
| 2 milesauto | 7 obdcar |
| 3 csubak30 | 8 2004toycam |
| 4 jose8889 | 9 Transmission-Tech |
| 5 carpetvan2 | 10 Camster |