Update on steering wheel shake while braking

Zeto · 01-06-2010, 07:15 PM

About a week ago I posted up a thread about my steering wheel shaking during light and medium braking. Several of you gave good insight and I went ahead and dropped of the Z at the dealership. They gave me a call back later during the day and attributed the shaking to 3 things,

1. Wheel bearing
2. Uneven wear on the rotors
3. Tire wear

So they are replacing the wheel bearing and resurfaced the rotors under warranty. As for the tires they said the rears were down to the wear bars and the fronts were choppy. (Whatever that means) They quoted me $1300 for new tires and to mount them. I'll just wait until I buy the RE-30's or RPF-1's and mount them on Toyo R888's. My driving style is very aggressive and I have many potholes in my area so that might have attributed to it. Just wanted to give you guys an update incase anyone else runs into a similar issue.

Urbanracer · 01-06-2010, 07:22 PM

Classis symtoms of warped rotors, especially since you say your an "aggressive" driver, or unevenly torqued lug nuts.

Old Chuck · 01-07-2010, 09:45 AM

The rotors are slightly warped. This is a classic symptom however, lug torque could also be a factor. The third choice would be the bearings. Tie rods can cause a slight shimmy but not likely for a car of this age..

01-06-2010, 07:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zeto Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North NJ Age: 40 Posts: 766 Drives: 09 Pearl White 370Z Rep Power: 267	Update on steering wheel shake while braking About a week ago I posted up a thread about my steering wheel shaking during light and medium braking. Several of you gave good insight and I went ahead and dropped of the Z at the dealership. They gave me a call back later during the day and attributed the shaking to 3 things, 1. Wheel bearing 2. Uneven wear on the rotors 3. Tire wear So they are replacing the wheel bearing and resurfaced the rotors under warranty. As for the tires they said the rears were down to the wear bars and the fronts were choppy. (Whatever that means) They quoted me $1300 for new tires and to mount them. I'll just wait until I buy the RE-30's or RPF-1's and mount them on Toyo R888's. My driving style is very aggressive and I have many potholes in my area so that might have attributed to it. Just wanted to give you guys an update incase anyone else runs into a similar issue.

01-06-2010, 07:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Urbanracer Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The mid-west, USA Posts: 266 Drives: God's Chariot Rep Power: 16	Classis symtoms of warped rotors, especially since you say your an "aggressive" driver, or unevenly torqued lug nuts. __________________ 09 Nismo - HKS \| Berk \| HPS \| K&N \| Zspeed 09 Maxima \| 09 CBR 1000RR \| 02 CBR F4i

01-07-2010, 09:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Old Chuck Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida & SC Posts: 86 Drives: 05 Tundra& 02 Subaru Rep Power: 16	I will second The rotors are slightly warped. This is a classic symptom however, lug torque could also be a factor. The third choice would be the bearings. Tie rods can cause a slight shimmy but not likely for a car of this age..