Thumping after Brake job
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Thumping after Brake job
I recently did pads and rotors on my 07 z51. Ebc rotors with carbotech pads from ampd.(great company btw). Now I any time I apply the brakes anything past 15-20% I get a thumping knocking noice that slows down as the car slows down. I can not seem to pin point if its a certain wheel.
Does any one have any idea what the cause for this may be or were I can start looking. There is no vibration or kick back in the pedal its just a very annoying noise.
Does any one have any idea what the cause for this may be or were I can start looking. There is no vibration or kick back in the pedal its just a very annoying noise.
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I recently did pads and rotors on my 07 z51. Ebc rotors with carbotech pads from ampd.(great company btw). Now I any time I apply the brakes anything past 15-20% I get a thumping knocking noice that slows down as the car slows down. I can not seem to pin point if its a certain wheel.
Does any one have any idea what the cause for this may be or were I can start looking. There is no vibration or kick back in the pedal its just a very annoying noise.
Does any one have any idea what the cause for this may be or were I can start looking. There is no vibration or kick back in the pedal its just a very annoying noise.
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sounds like the rotor is hitting something , is there any chance one of the rotors had a defect on the surface...
since it slows with speed...its definitely rotation related....take it apart and see of there are any defects on the rotors.... i would think that with a thumping like that you might be able to see where two things are making contact.
any chance that theres some debris or something sitting under one of the rotors..
since it slows with speed...its definitely rotation related....take it apart and see of there are any defects on the rotors.... i would think that with a thumping like that you might be able to see where two things are making contact.
any chance that theres some debris or something sitting under one of the rotors..
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