Wheel Hopping
When I am decelerating from a higher rate of speed (anything 60MPH or over)
my right front wheel starts "vibrating" wildly, depending on how hard I brake. If I brake very softly or really hard, it doesn't do it...it's just with a medium amount of brake pressure. I know that the wheel is "hopping" because I can feel it lose traction for a fraction of a second if I'm rounding a curve while braking. Is this a bad strut or a warped rotor? Any ideas? (1990 Civic LX 5-speed) Thanx in advance! Jonathan |
Re: Wheel Hopping
warped rotor.
be sure you get one that's 19mm between disk faces - a lot of the new ones, including honda, now only sell 20mm, the later standard. this means either skimming the disk or getting newer calipers. Jonathan Upright wrote: > When I am decelerating from a higher rate of speed (anything 60MPH or over) > my right front wheel starts "vibrating" wildly, depending on how hard I > brake. If I brake very softly or really hard, it doesn't do it...it's just > with a medium amount of brake pressure. I know that the wheel is "hopping" > because I can feel it lose traction for a fraction of a second if I'm > rounding a curve while braking. Is this a bad strut or a warped rotor? Any > ideas? (1990 Civic LX 5-speed) > > Thanx in advance! > > Jonathan > > |
Re: Wheel Hopping
That's what I thought. I just wondered about the strut because of the way
the wheel was hopping, but now that I think about it, since it doesn't do it at all unless I brake, then that rules out the strut. Thanks for your help! :-) Jon "jim beam" <uce@ftc.gov> wrote in message news:ArAsc.72676$DQ5.34424@newssvr25.news.prodigy. com... > warped rotor. > > be sure you get one that's 19mm between disk faces - a lot of the new > ones, including honda, now only sell 20mm, the later standard. this > means either skimming the disk or getting newer calipers. > > Jonathan Upright wrote: > > When I am decelerating from a higher rate of speed (anything 60MPH or over) > > my right front wheel starts "vibrating" wildly, depending on how hard I > > brake. If I brake very softly or really hard, it doesn't do it...it's just > > with a medium amount of brake pressure. I know that the wheel is "hopping" > > because I can feel it lose traction for a fraction of a second if I'm > > rounding a curve while braking. Is this a bad strut or a warped rotor? Any > > ideas? (1990 Civic LX 5-speed) > > > > Thanx in advance! > > > > Jonathan > > > > > |
Re: Wheel Hopping
it is possible the shock's getting weak, but the hard/soft braking
effect you cite is /definitely/ rotor. when you have the wheels off to do the disks, check for shock oil leakage. check the uper control arms too - the swivel joint can go and this can make the rotor warping effect bad too. Jonathan Upright wrote: > That's what I thought. I just wondered about the strut because of the way > the wheel was hopping, but now that I think about it, since it doesn't do it > at all unless I brake, then that rules out the strut. Thanks for your help! > :-) > > Jon > > "jim beam" <uce@ftc.gov> wrote in message > news:ArAsc.72676$DQ5.34424@newssvr25.news.prodigy. com... > >>warped rotor. >> >>be sure you get one that's 19mm between disk faces - a lot of the new >>ones, including honda, now only sell 20mm, the later standard. this >>means either skimming the disk or getting newer calipers. >> >>Jonathan Upright wrote: >> >>>When I am decelerating from a higher rate of speed (anything 60MPH or > > over) > >>>my right front wheel starts "vibrating" wildly, depending on how hard I >>>brake. If I brake very softly or really hard, it doesn't do it...it's > > just > >>>with a medium amount of brake pressure. I know that the wheel is > > "hopping" > >>>because I can feel it lose traction for a fraction of a second if I'm >>>rounding a curve while braking. Is this a bad strut or a warped rotor? > > Any > >>>ideas? (1990 Civic LX 5-speed) >>> >>>Thanx in advance! >>> >>>Jonathan >>> >>> >> > > |
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