Too much Brakes

You got this bro. If you hit a wall you can always ping the forum!

 

Wow. I don’t know if I could be that anal about wire brushing calipers and repainting them. haha

 

My “too much” brake issue resolved itself so I guess the “sticking caliper” corrected itself.

In the meantime, over the past couple of weeks I developed a shake/shimmy when applying the brakes. I figured it was front rotors/pads so I tore it apart yesterday, also checked the suspect “too much brake caliper” which appeared to be functioning correctly. Anyway, upon inspection of the rotors and pads nothing visually was seen, even put a straight edge on them and everything was “flat as as flitter”. Well after going this far with it I wasn’t about to just put it back together so I had O’reillys turn the rotors and put a new set of premium pads on it which corrected the shake/shimmy issue. From the visual inspection I would have bet money that there was nothing wrong with the rotors or pads, it must have been a hard spot in one of the pads….go figure???

 

Adjust your rear brakes and bleed them along with the LSPV to minimize the vibration. Worked for me to minimize it.

 

You need a dial indicator to check the rotors for a "warped" condition. The rotor can be flat with a straight edge, yet eccentric about its axis causing the shimmy you experienced. Having them machined probably fixed the problem.