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Old Nov 19, 2002 | 09:40 PM
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I think I just warped my rotors again, but I have a question about them. Sometimes when I warp I can feel the brake pedal pulsing and the steering wheel shaking, but then sometimes I don't feel it. Are warped rotors suppose to do this or is something else causing this problem? I get this problem at high speeds where sometimes it shakes and sometimes it doesn't. so my question isn't if its a warped rotor, but is a warped rotor suppose to give u the pulsing sensation at random?

Not sure if it'll make a difference or not, but I'm on Brembo big brakes w/ barley 1000 miles on these rotors
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 08:02 AM
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depends on how bad its warped and where its warped. sometimes it does it and sometimes it doesnt, did you notice if it was after the rotors got warmed up? the expansion could lead to the warping being more prominent, as to how i cant say, maybe bad rotor material? if it only does it at high speeds you've got a pretty slight one, the only time its really noticable is when the warped area hits the pad at high wheel RPM. do you have drilled rotors? if so unless they're chamfered you might need new ones, sometimes you can turn drilled ones sometimes you cant, but if you do get new ones i'd just reccomend getting a slotted rotor, the drilled arent much lighter and they dont have any advantages anymore.
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 09:19 AM
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Your rotors should def not be doing this. What type of friction material are you using? Are you running a proportioning valves as well?

Also, what wheels are you running?
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 10:23 AM
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I had warped rotors on my Rx7 when I bought it. at highway speeds my steerwheel would shake and my car would shudder when I hit the brakes.

Get them resurfaced.
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