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Old 12-02-2011, 08:24 PM
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Question 40mph brake shake

OK I need some help I have an 02 f250 7.3 4x4. when I brake from 50-40 I get a noticable shake....but once I hit 40 the trucks shakes like its gonna fall apart. I checked brakes everything seemed fine rotors were a little dirty but cleaned everything. any other ideas on what it might be?
 
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Old 12-02-2011, 08:30 PM
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Have the rotors been cut ???
 
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Old 12-02-2011, 08:32 PM
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yeah did the whole brake job
 
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Old 12-02-2011, 08:35 PM
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Sounds like it could be a warped rotor.. That is what are Excursion did when it had warped rotors..
 
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Old 12-02-2011, 08:39 PM
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but it is a brake problem right because it only happens when I brake?
 
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Maybe those rotors have been cut too many times & they are too thin & warp
 
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so more than likely they did a wrong job at the rotor place?
 
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Old 12-02-2011, 08:54 PM
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so more than likely they did a wrong job at the rotor place?
Once your rotors get thin (If that's the case) you have to replace them.
 
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Old 12-03-2011, 12:30 PM
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if the rotors are warped to begin with you can try and cut them. but sometimes you can't take enought off to get them true. then once there thin they warp very easily. i'd just replace them.
 
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Old 12-03-2011, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dieselbomb87
but it is a brake problem right because it only happens when I brake?
Yes that is a brake problem. When the rotors warp. The brake pads do not hit the rotor right. So they vibrate REALLY bad..
 


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