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Brake shudder- 95 Lumina 3.1 Car


Free Luminas
03-16-2007, 07:20 PM
Only feel it when brakes applied hard above 45mph or so.
Replaced back brakes including drums and hardware- somewhat better-
Front rotors are fairly new, checked them, aren't warped.

Brake pedal does not pulse, doesn't pull-

Any suggestions?

maxwedge
03-17-2007, 08:35 AM
Welcome to AF. You checked the ft rotor runout with a dial indicator? Apply the parking brake a low speeds see if you feel the same shudder.

jeffcoslacker
03-17-2007, 09:05 AM
If you have the alloy wheels, they MUST be evenly torqued at 100 ft/lbs or they will distort the rotors and cause this....if you don't do this, you'll be chasing your tail trying to find it...

Free Luminas
03-17-2007, 07:45 PM
Thanks to you both- I didn't use a dial indicator, just a straight edge- but that probably is the next step-
Also had a thought about the valve that distributes the pressure front/rear, can't remember the name of it now.
Has either of you had a problem with that?

No alloys on this mighty Lumina...

maxwedge
03-18-2007, 09:32 AM
The proportioning valve is not your problem here.

Free Luminas
03-25-2007, 03:46 PM
I agree with you at this point, tried the parking brake - no shudder, so the back ones are good-
Will have to use dila indicator on the disc s in front- can't be huge as I rotated and eyeballed with a straight edge-
Guess I'll find out how well auto zone stands behind their stuff- they are only a few months old!

Anyone have bad experience with autozone?

Thanks for the help!

richtazz
03-26-2007, 08:14 AM
Anyone have bad experience with autozone?

Has anyone NOT?

Another thing to check is your outer tie rod ends. If worn out, (fairly common issue on GM W-bodies), they can cause a shudder under hard braking above 40'ish that won't show up under light braking. Normally, warped rotors will cause a pulsation regardless of speed or pressure applied, it will just be less noticeable.

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