rotor warpage(?), '88 5kcstq

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Wed Jan 3 18:33:17 EST 2001


warped rotors would only cause a vibration while braking.  Do you get a 
vibration all the time?  Could be the flat-spot you mentioned

At 12:35 PM 01/03/2001 -0700, Ken Keith wrote:

>While visiting friends, I put the car "through its paces".  This
>included slamming on the brakes from about 60 or 80 mph to test
>them out.  I ended up locking it up and sliding.  It took me a while
>to let off the brakes, because it caught me by surprise that it
>locked up.  It slid in a straight line for a while.  After that, I had a
>new problem.  The car now has a vibration, a bit of a shake of
>sorts.  It's either flat spots on the tires, or warped rotors, I think.  I
>suppose it could be a wheel bearing going out, but I'm not sure how
>to relate that to my brake check.


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