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| posted on July 5th, 2004 at 06:13 PM |
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brake peddle shudder when braking at speed. wat is wrong?
wen coming home from the cruise yesterday i noticed the brakes were vibrating through the peddle when i was braking at speed on the freeway. this is
on my new pan so first time ive driven it, wat could be the problem? brakes need adjusting? bleeding? on a swing axle oval pan with drums... thanks
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| posted on July 5th, 2004 at 07:29 PM |
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This used to happen in my 63 beetle when braking at speed (eg on freeway) - used to shudder like mad but when braking at normal 60kmh speeds it was
okay. Ended up being warped drums. Replaced the rears with new units which helped a lot. Be careful you gradually torque the wheel bolts up alternate
(not just go round one after the other clockwise etc). This too can cause pulsing through the pedal.
Just some ideas.
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| posted on July 5th, 2004 at 07:43 PM |
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thanks thats similar to wat anthiron has just told me (has the same prob). any idea on wat new drums go for these days?
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| posted on July 5th, 2004 at 09:10 PM |
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B 4 you go buying new ones.... loosen off all the wheel nuts and do up to the correct tension which is around 25 Ft Lbs check the book.
Over tightening of the wheels bolts tends to WARP the brake drums and causes shuddering.
Early 5 stud drums bend n twist easy
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| posted on July 5th, 2004 at 09:19 PM |
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thanks dave will do
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 09:45 AM |
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Hi
Are you running 4 or 5 stud on this pan, I thought that you had 4 stud? 4 studs usually only get shudder if the discs are warped.
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 09:47 AM |
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that was his old pan as far as i know he has a swing axle wide 5 stud pan under it now.
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 10:43 AM |
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If you find adjusting the wheel stud torque doesn't help, you can have the drums machined assuming there is still enough thickness left in them.
This is much cheaper than new drums and most brake shops will do it.
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 11:33 AM |
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as purple t3 said, if you got the material left on the drums get em machined back to round, much cheaper......go to a regular brakeshop for it. |
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 02:25 PM |
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yep cool ill take it to the brake shop if the stud thing doesnt fix it. steve as i was saying, its now on an oval swing axle pan with drums, thanks
for ur help guys, let u know how it goes
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 06:32 PM |
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oh and if you machine them or get new ones run new brake pads as well!
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 07:51 PM |
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RE tensioning the wheel nuts will take a little time for the warping to come out. Dont machine them and them tighten the wheel nuts with a rattle
gun other wise your back where you started.
I have found the shuddering usually goes away in a few days.
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 08:28 PM |
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All this advise and no one has touched the cure,
with early t1 drums the machining should be done with the road wheel attached,(nuts torqued) as any good vw shop would know.
Then mark the road wheel and drum just in case you need to separate the two.
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 08:54 PM |
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Any time brake shoes are fitted, the shoes should be radius ground to match the drum diameter they are being fitted to.
Brake shoes only come radiused assuming the smallest diameter drum size.
Even if the drums are not machined, any time new shoes are fitted they should be radiused.
This ensures complete pad contact and prevents overheating and glazing of the pad material.
This job takes minutes and costs a few bucks.
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 11:08 PM |
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Hi
I didnt read your post properly and then when I did my connection died. I have found that if you tension every 2nd nut until all are tight, that
helps. You could also try to find out which wheel is the culprit and then try rotaing the wheel on the drum. Also widened wheels that have been
cutdown to 14 inch or off road style wheels will distort the drums if they are slighty out of shape as they dont flex to shape of the drum.
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 03:35 AM |
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is it dangerous in anyway? it worried me that i was going to lose my brakes wen i was out there on the highway.
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 09:00 AM |
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Hi
You might not actually loose your brakes, but their effectivnes will reduced which could be the difference between having a prang or not and in the
long term the pulsing will damage components.
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 10:33 AM |
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yeah dangerous to a degree that your brakes wont be as effective and it may vibrate your steering, but safe enough if you dont speed and keep at a
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 05:50 PM |
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Don't hit kerbs really hard, it can warp drums so much that machining isn't enough :blush
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| posted on July 9th, 2004 at 07:30 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by jakjones
with early t1 drums the machining should be done with the road wheel attached,(nuts torqued) as any good vw shop would know.
Then mark the road wheel and drum just in case you need to separate the two.
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...wise words. I did this (I had 13" rims on the front of and 15" on the rear) and it was fine. I always reinstalled the wheels onto the drums in
the same position they were fitted when the drums were machined.
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