Guys, I have noticed some brake shutter at mid to high speeds, but not at lower speeds. Any ideas. I have not brought it to the dealer yet, the car past inspection last week so I assume the pads are decent, they look good on a visual inspection.

 

Sounds like warped rotors. I get the same thing from about 60mph and above. Mostly my fault though. Racing the car to break in the brakes... Lol. Oops.

I'm gonna pick up some new rotors this week. It's starting to annoy me. Lol.

 

First symptom or warped rotors. If they didn't test drive it on inspection, they would have missed it. Good luck- can get expensive and even tricky trying to pick the "perfect" rotor.

 

I have had the factory rotors changed twice already, pretty much every 35000 miles they start warping (done under warranty). I have a 2003. Next time I will just install some aftermarkets.

 

The rotors do seem to warp easily. I keep extra's in the garage. In fact, when I change the compression rods this weekend I was planning to change them again as I have the "shakes".

 

most of the time the rotors arent warped. The shakes are usually caused by material from the pads sticking to the rotors, making the rotor surface uneven. Wash your brakes and see if they still shake. By wash I mean clean the rotor surface with brake cleaner or degreaser. Dont get this stuff on the body of your car or the rims!!

 

I'll give it try. Thanks.

 

So nobody would resurface their rotors? If not, why?

 

Read THIS first!!!!!!

 

Good read. But resurfacing the rotor still seems to be the way to go with the vibration to me. If there are deposits of material from the pad to the rotor, what better way to get it off evenly that by actually setting everything to zero by flattening everything? That would seem far more exact than "garnet paper." What is that anyway?

 

I never resurface (never have). I would rather replace. Removing material just never made sense to me.

 

You're not wrong here. I have had several mechanics tell me that the rotors are so thin now anyway, there is nothing left to machine. By the time you get all the grooves out, you are beyond the minimum thickness.

 

It's the "brown" sand paper. What would it hurt to use a palm sander and break the glaze first? If it works, you're money ahead.

 

Good point. I reckon I'll try to find this stuff. Should I look for it at Auto Zone or Home Depot?

 

You can find it both places. Look in the "body work" section in AZ.