Will K
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Got a slight shake on the car when braking (light & heavy)! Had both discs skimmed a while ago when the brakes were on Kerrys GSi. Didnt seem much better after they were skimmed tbh. Now they are on my 1.4 van & still the same!!!
Have had both wheels off this evening & Dial Gauged the discs & there is a bit of warp but just wondered if anyone know the tolerance
i.e: when are they in need of a skim > 0.001, 0.004, 0.010 etc?
[Edited on 14-05-2007 by Will K]
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Arctic_Monkey
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would u not be better off just buyin new discs mate
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Vaux Lad
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Fook skimming them.
New discs are like £8 quid each(assuming there 256)
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Kerry
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they are 5 stud redrilled to 4 stud
he forgot to mention they are v6 brakes!!!
i still think its the calipers personally
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Dean_W
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I have this on mine. They are warped. The discs are £90 from LMF.
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pow
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Thios is happening to mine now, had the disks relpaced only a week ago!
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gianluigi
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jake has the same problem. u2u him
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Vaux Lad
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Calipers sticking?
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Kerry
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thats what i reckon it is!!
they are pretty old, they were taken off my v6 vectra in 2004 and the car had done over 100k !!!
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Jake
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my brother checked the supposed warped disc and its absolutely fine. I dont have a clue whats up either
If its the caliper sticking how do you sort this?
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Dean_W
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If it's the caliper sticking, you need to take it apart and copper slip it up. Back of the pads, sliders and where the pads sit in the caliper.
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Joe
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Even if the caliper is sticking your still going to need new discs. No point fannying about getting them skimmed.
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Kerry
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you can recon calipers think you can get a kit e.g new piston
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gunzi
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Personally I'd get new discs, new pistons and then rebuild the calipers. IMO Brakes are definately worth having working 100% all the time!
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Cossie
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it's doing the same on mine changed disc, bearings, caliper pistons and still doing the same
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nellist_sri
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my car does that a bit when braking hard, but it doesnt really bother me, the car is getting a big makeover in the summer and i'll probably change to v6 brakes anyway!
but if its bothering you too much just get new calipers and disks, like gunzi said its definately worth having your brakes being 100%, instead of repairing them when they begin to deteriorate 
[Edited on 16-05-2007 by nellist_sri]
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by Cossie
it's doing the same on mine changed disc, bearings, caliper pistons and still doing the same
track rod ends?
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Cossie
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
quote:
Originally posted by Cossie
it's doing the same on mine changed disc, bearings, caliper pistons and still doing the same
track rod ends?
they where replaced too
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Joe
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Drums can get warped too, have you checked them?
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Kerry
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rear drums have been removed and checked and new shoes fitted
doubt it would make the car shake to be honest
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Joe
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Course it would, same as warped discs would. You can't visually check if they are warped unless your superman.
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Will K
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The shake is coming from the front. Tried the pulling handbrake on whilst driving trick & they are shake-less! 
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Joe
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Gota be discs then, can't be anything else.
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
Course it would, same as warped discs would. You can't visually check if they are warped unless your superman.
joe
im wonder woman 
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
Gota be discs then, can't be anything else.
why cant it be calipers 
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