front brake issue, bad vibrations at *slow* stop
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also, since im under the hood today, where is the bloody security system relay located? i have pictures of it but its not in the fuse box under the hood. those are the light relay, fuel pump relay and cruise control relay. nowhere under there is there a red relay that has 'security system relay' on it like the images i saw on google images.
Last edited by Henry10; 03-12-2011 at 11:08 AM. Reason: Sorry, corrected now.
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rear rotors have less than 5k miles on them. font rotors were just turned today. mechanic said he barely had to shave any off.
pulled ABS fuses, issue still persists. spoke with FCP (since ill likely order parts from them) and they said it could either be the control arms or hub assembly/bearings.
how hard would either of those be? im still learning the suspension of this car, but am willing to tackle it if its fairly straight foreward.
pulled ABS fuses, issue still persists. spoke with FCP (since ill likely order parts from them) and they said it could either be the control arms or hub assembly/bearings.
how hard would either of those be? im still learning the suspension of this car, but am willing to tackle it if its fairly straight foreward.
#24
he also said that i would feel vibrations at high speeds, which i did, which is why i started with the rotors/pads... seeing as how id have to check them on the way to checking the few suspension components i hadnt already replaced.
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granted, the shop i went too is owned by a good friend, but all i had him do was turn the rotors, nothing else, as i was pretty sure that this is what was causing my issue.
lesson learned and 30$ later, im not too concerned about it since the pulsating that was happening has stopped. braking is super smooth up until the vibration starts around 3mph
#27
"Do you feel the vibration in the steering wheel or brake pedal?"-- Rspi's question remains unanswered....
#28
i feel nothing anymore. no pulsating in the steering wheel, none on the brake. nada. zip. zero. zilch. braking is extremely smooth now, up until around 3 mph when the vibrations kick in.
the vibrations *feel* like theyre coming from the front end somewhere, but i cannot feel it in the brake pedal or steering wheel anymore.
#29
Let me paraphrase the question: when you get vibrations at around 3 mph, do those vibrations come from A- steering wheel or B- brake pedal?
#30
neither. it *feels* like its coming from the front end somewhere, but definitely not the steering wheel or brake pedal
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nope. i scheduled an appointment with my usual guy for this tuesday. ive found that i can avoid most of the vibrations if i kick it into neutral around 5mph and coast most of the way to a stop.
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windows up or down, its the same. smooth sailing in neutral, slight vibration in R or D.
#39
Sounds like you have a blown motor mount. It sounds like you are now describing a vibration that people get when they have poly mounts installed or have a blow mount. You can look at the post I put here and see if you can check it real quick. Easy to spot the one at the front of the motor, behind the right front tire.
http://atthetipwebs.com/technologyin...ount_right.htm
You really throw us off when you say you have a FRONT BRAKE ISSUE, when you actually have a low speed/idle vibration issue. When the front motor mount goes out (tears apart), the motor mount rest on the frame of the car causing the vibration that you feel at low speeds and at idle. The mount has an awesome design, the bottom of the mount has rubber on it so even though it's torn and resting on the frame, it still has rubber between it and is not unbarable. The motor actually only drops about 1/4 inch.
http://atthetipwebs.com/technologyin...ount_right.htm
You really throw us off when you say you have a FRONT BRAKE ISSUE, when you actually have a low speed/idle vibration issue. When the front motor mount goes out (tears apart), the motor mount rest on the frame of the car causing the vibration that you feel at low speeds and at idle. The mount has an awesome design, the bottom of the mount has rubber on it so even though it's torn and resting on the frame, it still has rubber between it and is not unbarable. The motor actually only drops about 1/4 inch.
Last edited by rspi; 03-12-2011 at 10:42 PM. Reason: addition/typo
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Sounds like you have a blown motor mount. It sounds like you are now describing a vibration that people get when they have poly mounts installed or have a blow mount. You can look at the post I put here and see if you can check it real quick. Easy to spot the one at the front of the motor, behind the right front tire.
http://atthetipwebs.com/technologyin...ount_right.htm
You really throw us off when you say you have a FRONT BRAKE ISSUE, when you actually have a low speed/idle vibration issue. When the front motor mount goes out (tears apart), the motor mount rest on the frame of the car causing the vibration that you feel at low speeds and at idle. The mount has an awesome design, the bottom of the mount has rubber on it so even though it's torn and resting on the frame, it still has rubber between it and is not unbarable. The motor actually only drops about 1/4 inch.
http://atthetipwebs.com/technologyin...ount_right.htm
You really throw us off when you say you have a FRONT BRAKE ISSUE, when you actually have a low speed/idle vibration issue. When the front motor mount goes out (tears apart), the motor mount rest on the frame of the car causing the vibration that you feel at low speeds and at idle. The mount has an awesome design, the bottom of the mount has rubber on it so even though it's torn and resting on the frame, it still has rubber between it and is not unbarable. The motor actually only drops about 1/4 inch.
tuesday will tell, my guy is expecting me and said we'll mess with it all day til we find the bad part.