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that is a video of whats happening. it a integra spindle with a brand new wheel bearing, arp extended lug studs “reman” calipers, brand new LBJ, brand new pads, and brand new brembo rotors… i see where the rotor is messed up, but if u look u can see that the rotor is actually wobbling. what would cause that?
When i drive the wheel wobbles like its about to fall off. Then when it hits that spot in the rotor, the brakes lock up…
any ideas?
man a lot of things you described there could cause that if incorrectly installed. the video isnt clear enough to see whats important, but it does illustrate the problem. first, make sure the rotor is set firmly against the hub. if its not, then something in the brake system is allowing play there because thats what holds the rotor in place when the wheel isnt bolted on. you apparently arent using rotor screws and thats no big deal, none of my brakes have them. you need to find out if the hub is rotating out of whack, in which case its something on the knuckle side of it. if its not rotating out of whack with the rotor off, then you know its on the rotor/brake side of things. the wheel bearing is new right, who installed it? how are you sure that its new? what brough about changing all this stuff? give us some more information so we can better help you. on last bit of advice: inspect everything!!! you can find the problem better than we can. remember, its mechanical…
the axle was bent…
I don’t see how a bent axel would cause this. I was thinking that maybe you left something between the hub and rotor or who ever installed the elongated wheels studs did it incorrectly.
if u watch the video closely, u can see the entire knuckle hopping up and down…that was the axle. when i put it all back together, there was no problem and i drove the car problem free for the first time in forever. :jerkoff:
yea i had the same probelm also… i guess one of the bearings in the axle popped out and was wobbling like hell… so got a reman axle…