pheby 530i

[pheby]

hello all, just today was driving along when had to stop quite suddenly and got this wierd shaking from the stering what could this be? have just had the front pads and dics renewed . any soloutions most appreicated

 

[tazza0712]

If your car has ABS, that's your answer. Slam the brakes on in any car with ABS and the steering wheel shudders. Hope it helps.

 

[Chesty Bonds]

When you hit the brakes hard in a car equipped with ABS you most definitely should not get shudders through the steering-wheel. All you should get is a pulsating feeling through the brake pedal itself as the ABS is engaged.

Warped rotors or pads that haven't seated into the rotor properly might cause some vibration under braking or at certain speeds (most likely between 90-100km/h). Even though you just had the brakes done doesn't mean they're straight. You say you braked hard: how long after you'd had new rotors and pads installed was this? If you didn't give them enough time to bed in then you may well have damaged them... Other than that, it could be some worn bushings in the front suspension or some kind of suspension issue along those lines.

 

[pheby]

totaly undrestand about the kind of shudder you get through the brake pedal when the abs kicks in ,its just sold a 320i coupe 2001model auto and didnt get anything like this under heavy brakeing .ive had brakes and discs replaced 3 weeks ago and didnt seem to happen then ,obviously beded brakes in ,but this like shaking shimmeying as just come on .

 

[epj3]

Even our GM cars' steering wheel doesn't shudder with ABS kicking in. Just the pedal feels weird. Chesty has it right on the money. Your rotors are warped or your control arm/thrust arm bushings are bad. There's not doubt that they could have installed warped rotors, it happens a lot. You have the problem right after the repairs or was it there before?

 

[tazza0712]

Scrap what I said then!

 

[pheby]

it was after the repairs im shaw, its just i had the problem with the tyre noise which was down to tyre's wearing unevenly that was making like a drownning noise which i sovled by replacing to new dunlop tyres now this shuddering shimming as started , i think u could b rite about the rotors could b warped.whats cheaper to have replaced rotors or control arm/thrust arm bushings

for your help

 

[Homeless]

FYI for the American guys:

"Tyres" is how the English spell Tire.

 

[epj3]

LOL thanks homeless, geesh you foreigners must think american's are VERY stupid. (Yes we also picked up on "colour", the funky way english say aluminum, etc.)

Anyways, not mentioning that you also replaced tires is like going to the doctor because your nut hair is falling out but not telling him you swallowed uranium-235 because your college buddies bet you wouldn't.

Anyways, the wobbling is most likely an unbalanced wheel or bad tire. (Of course, warped rotors is still a possibility.)

 

[CosmosBlack]

LOL thanks homeless, geesh you foreigners must think american's are VERY stupid. (Yes we also picked up on "colour", the funky way english say aluminum, etc.)

We have to admit that the English language originated from England.
The Americans were the ones who modified the spellings of words.
The English speak with a funny accent...
but that was how it was originally meant to be spoken!
The Americans, and the rest of the world, are the ones speaking with an unoriginal accent!

OOPS!...you may start flaming me now...

 

[Homeless]

We have to admit that the English language originated from England.
The Americans were the ones who modified the spellings of words.
The English speak with a funny accent...
but that was how it was originally meant to be spoken!
The Americans, and the rest of the world, are the ones speaking with an unoriginal accent!

OOPS!...you may start flaming me now...

LOL, but you're so correct!

 

[epj3]

Yea but if you use the dictionary, aluminum is not pronounced "Al-U-Min-e-um", it's A-lumin-um (you know what i mean)

 

[pheby]

keep to driving guy's you are talking so much shite

 

[epj3]

Hahaha shite, bloody 'ell!!! Do you ever say that in real life? Bloddy 'ell!!

 

[pheby]

Hahaha shite, bloody 'ell!!! Do you ever say that in real life? Bloddy 'ell!!

No I dont but I bet u do when u get beat by a army racing green austin allegro ,bloddy 'ell dude that old guy is lighting qwick man

 

[epj3]

No I dont but I bet u do when u get beat by a army racing green austin allegro ,bloddy 'ell dude that old guy is lighting qwick man

Hey in england its not MAN its MATE!!!! Duh where are YOU from?

 

[pheby]

Hey in england its not MAN its MATE!!!! Duh where are YOU from?

dont be to upset dude you mite beat that car one day MAN

 

[adrean8j]

Anywaaaay...back on topic that steering wheel shudder is not so easy to diagnose with what we have to go on....i mean how MUCH did it shudder....if it was not to violent but noticeable might be a bad tire(tyre?) or rotors...i changed my brake pads a while back and i then had to go get my tires realigned and the shudder went away....

 

[Talk2USoon]

We have a 530i and had this problem, IT was the bushings on all of the front suspension components....