shaking while brakeing

[alex bland]

alright so the shop of corse said rotors.. so we have changed the rotors twice and pads alot and even calipers. none of that helped so we took it to someone else and finaly someone said steering rack bushings (tired of hearing rotors hehe) so i just changed them and it feels like i can feel it easyer. so are the stock tierods gone you think? im at a loss all i can think of now is tierods. :help:

or i was reading control arm bushing? im not sure is there something that causes this problem to these trucks that normaly go out.

 

[BigFishAllDay]

The tie-rods are easy to check... Just get the front wheels off the ground, place one hand at 9 O'clock and the other at 3 O'clock, grab the tire firmly and push alternately with your left and right on either of the tire (trying to move the tire as it would when it turns left or right). Don't push hard enough to actually cause the rack to move side to side, all it takes is a little bit.

If the tie rods are worn you should feel just a little freeplay when you're pushing and pulling on either side... maybe a couple millimeters.

I highly doubt it's your control arm bushings. I've never seen that problem in person, or on the forum.

 

[TheDurk]

One other possibility to consider are the rear drums. I know its possible, because my then 17-year-old, on our way home from his successful driver's permit test, left the e-brake on. I only realized it after about 25 miles, and by then the drums were toast. When things cooled off, the vibration was much like a warped front rotor.

He goes, "I thought the car felt heavy." For the record, I did not get mad. That one was on me. It was his first time behind the wheel on a public road.

 

[Duhockey]

One other possibility to consider are the rear drums. I know its possible, because my then 17-year-old, on our way home from his successful driver's permit test, left the e-brake on. I only realized it after about 25 miles, and by then the drums were toast. When things cooled off, the vibration was much like a warped front rotor.

He goes, "I thought the car felt heavy." For the record, I did not get mad. That one was on me. It was his first time behind the wheel on a public road.

Ditto, I felt the same thing and turned out my rear axle seal broke and put heavy grease in the shoe, when i was braking it was shaking the whole rear end til alot of it burned off...

they cleaned up the excess had to replace the shoes and it was all good.

 

[JohnsD90]

One other possibility to consider are the rear drums. I know its possible, because my then 17-year-old, on our way home from his successful driver's permit test, left the e-brake on. I only realized it after about 25 miles, and by then the drums were toast. When things cooled off, the vibration was much like a warped front rotor.

He goes, "I thought the car felt heavy." For the record, I did not get mad. That one was on me. It was his first time behind the wheel on a public road.

That must have smelt so bad when you stopped.

 

[Nuke]

That must have smelt so bad when you stopped.

Isn't that like a sardine?

The stock rotors on my 3rd gen were garbage. The dealership did the TSB for the brakes twice with new pads and rotors and the rotors STILL warped. I finally dumped the OE rotors and replaced them with Brembos. Wheel shake while braking eliminated.