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Old 09-06-02, 06:40 PM
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Question Weird vibrations

Hi all-
Just several days ago I started getting some steering wheel vibration at 60mph+. The weird thing about it is when I drive for 10-15 mins, it just completely disappears. I am sure it has nothing to do with tires, because I do experience braking degradation… The rotors seem to be ok visually… Before I take everything apart this weekend, anybody experienced similar problem and/or can give me any advice?
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Old 09-08-02, 02:39 PM
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Ok, looks like I got one jammed caliper piston. It was quite an effort to push it back..... No wonder my Left Front rim was getting slightly more dusted then others... I guess I'll be ordering a new caliper from Autozone now...
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Hrmm I was having similar problems, I am hoping it is just a warped rotor and not the caliper (had them rebuilt by a shop who tried screwing me). At least I know this might be the end of my vibrations.
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The rotor looked pretty good from both sides. I think the vibration was caused by the fact that there is a gap between the pad and the normally operating piston that retracts and the bad one holding the pad really pushed to the rotor... Autozone has the caliper for $50, so replacing it hopefully will solve my problem.
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