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Originally posted by reberto
my steering wheel judders like a right bitch, and every time i turn right my handbrake warning light comes on, ne ideas why?:boggle:

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my steering wheel judders like a right bitch, and every time i turn right my handbrake warning light comes on, ne ideas why?:boggle:

Have you checked the drums yet to see if they are out of round? As I said judder through the pedal without the steering wheel shaking will almost certainly be warped drums and its not uncommon, ive warped 3 sets in 5 years but it was mainly due to running too much bias on the rear and also braking hard down from 80mph to traffic lights then sitting at the lights with your brakes on. It cooks just one area of the drum and warps them but you do need some good heat to do it.

[Edited on 29-05-2005 by TOMAS]

have u carefuly beded the brakes in if are new?

are they cross drilled/grooved?

they tend to have a slight judder to them anyway

i feel it in the pedal vesko,

there is a possibility of unbalanced tyres causing this.
i felt on the steering wheel lots of juddering when braking and it turned out the wheels were not balanced right.
hope this is it.

If its just coming thru the pedal and not the steering wheel then its the rear drums. If the steering wheel is vibrating/juddering then its the front discs.

ok mate no probs, cheers anyway

hmm - id defo get the setup checked by a pro, take it to a local garage - theyll prolly check them for free

I still think the discs are screwed though mate, sorry i couldnt be of moe help :)

when i say new, i mean about 1-2 months old

yer changed pads aswell mate yer

did you change the pads when you got your discs? maybe your pads are f$*ked
although, once again - if you brake hard on new brakes they can glaze... giving you 5hit braking and possibly a squeak :s

dunno if this helps, but i can hear a squeaking comin from brakes to, but thats only just started?

hmm, still - ive heard it happen mate, specially if for example, the disc hasnt warmed up fully - slam on the anchors and the immediate build up of heat can warp or crack the disc :(

if its only under breaking and your feeling it through the pedal id say it must be from the front end braking system (duh) either disc or pad

- ive never done this for a car but i do it on my bike....

get the wheels off the ground - spin your alloy, you should hear a very faint scuff from the pad and disc... if it sounds uneven then its a disc :)

the discs are new mate, so i gotta rule them out

this happened to my old escort rs turbo, turned out my disc had a hairline crack on it... under normal breaking it was fine - under heavy breaking it felt like those rumble strips as you approach round-a-bouts... not much fun!

warped discs maybe

right 2.0 16v corsa with 2.0 16v brakes

when i brake softly the car is fine, but when i brake mediately or hard, there is a juddery feeling that comes through the pedal, along with a juddery noise


any help appreciated