Breaks "pulsing"
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Racer
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From: Columbia SC
Breaks "pulsing"
What could cause a "pulsing" while normal breaking to a complete stop ?
The pulsing can be felt by the driver or the passenger. It is very pronounced. And it only is felt during breaking.
The pulsing can be felt by the driver or the passenger. It is very pronounced. And it only is felt during breaking.
Melting Slicks
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From: Dayton Oh
Warped rotors are the most common for the pulse. Here's a horror story that happened to me a few weeks ago in my PU. Just after replacing the brake pads one weekend, I took my PU to work. At the first stop, I felt a pulse and thought that my rotors were warped. Thinking nothing too much about it, I continued to drive the PU for approx. two more weeks until one evening I came to a rather sudden stop at a light. Moving out from the light, it felt as if one of my wheels was about to fall off and there was a terrible, metalic grinding sound. I limped on home, took my passenger side front tire off and discovered that the rotor had completely seperated into two oval pieces: kinda like an inner and an outer donut 
In all the years of owning a vehicle, I've never seen a rotor do that before.Long story short, take both wheels off and check your rotors ! They're easy and relatively cheap to replace if needed.
Race Director
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probably warped rotor, after you fix this could we work on spelling. I'm tired of brakes and braking being spelled "breaks" and "breaking". If we speak English, then let's learn to use it correctly in the written form. I'm sorry to rant, it's just annoying like the pulsing caused by a warped brake rotor.
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Instructor
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From: Rochester MN
Okay so we've established that they're warped... Just be sure to simply buy new rotors instead of having them machined or planed. That simply makes them wear out much faster and you'll be in this same boat in a year or two. Do it right the first time!
Race Director
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
i was thinking its warped rotors...well probalby not warped but they have a high/low spot in them...i bet you can actually feel it with your hand
Pro
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From: Indianapolis IN
Originally Posted by Gary79
probably warped rotor, after you fix this could we work on spelling. I'm tired of brakes and braking being spelled "breaks" and "breaking". If we speak English, then let's learn to use it correctly in the written form. I'm sorry to rant, it's just annoying like the pulsing caused by a warped brake rotor.
Yes, the spelling and grammar on this board are a bit less than optimum at times!
Drifting
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From: Baltimore MD
Originally Posted by kevin1979
Okay so we've established that they're warped... Just be sure to simply buy new rotors instead of having them machined or planed. That simply makes them wear out much faster and you'll be in this same boat in a year or two. Do it right the first time!
Burning Brakes
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From: belle plaine ks
Originally Posted by Gary79
probably warped rotor, after you fix this could we work on spelling. I'm tired of brakes and braking being spelled "breaks" and "breaking". If we speak English, then let's learn to use it correctly in the written form. I'm sorry to rant, it's just annoying like the pulsing caused by a warped brake rotor.
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Racer
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From: Columbia SC
Originally Posted by Gary79
probably warped rotor, after you fix this could we work on spelling. I'm tired of brakes and braking being spelled "breaks" and "breaking". If we speak English, then let's learn to use it correctly in the written form. I'm sorry to rant, it's just annoying like the pulsing caused by a warped brake rotor.
Safety Car
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From: Spring, Texas
Originally Posted by Gary79
probably warped rotor, after you fix this could we work on spelling. I'm tired of brakes and braking being spelled "breaks" and "breaking". If we speak English, then let's learn to use it correctly in the written form. I'm sorry to rant, it's just annoying like the pulsing caused by a warped brake rotor.
While we're at it, we might as well mention a few other common grammatical violations often seen on the Forum.
- to vs. too
- then vs. than
- sell vs. sale (i.e. correct = "must sell", incorrect = "must sale")