[s-cars] brake shudder

[Lee Levitt]

That's weird. The stock S4/S6 brakes regularly suffer from this 
problem, and the cure is to apply a BBK! I never heard of the BBK 
having the same problem!

Lee

On Mon May 03 18:49:54 CDT 2010, Michael Lardizabal 
<mikellardizabal at yahoo.com> wrote:

> looks like its build up on the rotors and pads according to the 
> Stoptech site.
>  
> they recommend using garnet paper on the rotors to take the hi 
> spots off. I can actually see the dark gray streaks in the right 
> light.
>  
> i'll report back.
> 
> --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] brake shudder
> To: "Michael Lardizabal" <mikellardizabal at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>, 
> s-car-list at audifans.com
> Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 6:55 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Brake harder.
> 
> On May 3, 2010 5:51 PM, "Michael Lardizabal" 
> <mikellardizabal at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey kids,
>  
> I'm stumped.
>  
> I can't figure out why all of a sudden experiencing I'm getting 
> brake shudder .
>  
> I've got 993TT calipers on Movit hats w/ 993 TT rotors on Movit 
> caliper  brackets.
>  
> Checked the pads, all good. Checked the rotor spin w/ wheel off 
> and there's no catch on the pads...they seem to rotate smoothly., 
> yet even under mild braking I get the hand massage thru my 
> steering wheel.   
>  
> A friend suggested being diligent with the way I torque the bolts 
> back, which I did, still does it.
>  
> I haven't had any emergency stops lately and all the suspension 
> bits are fairly fresh.
>  
> With both front wheels in the air I can twist the wheels and feel 
> no play.
>  
> There's no vibration while driving at all speeds....just under 
> braking. Oh and I did a few hard stops to try to bed the 
> pads....which never shuddered this winter....still nothin. 
>  
> Thanks in advance
>  
> Mike