At 07:31 07/05/96 PDT, you wrote:
> Before I dive deep into tearing my brakes apart, hopefully someone
>out there can lend some advice. My series I Alpine has started to develop a
>bad vibration when I come to a slow easy stop. There's no vibration during
>hard braking or when the car is above, say, 5 mph. I'll probably start
>looking at the front calipers first. Any ideas? Has anyone gone through this
>before?
>
>Tim Stiffy
>Alpine I
>
>Tim:
Never had the experience with an Alpine but - I recently bought a Ford
minivan which I discovered would put on a mild shimmy through the steering
wheel when coming to an easy stop as you describe. The dealer/salesmen said
it was probably the rotors being worn unevenly and a turning of same would
fix the problem. He was right - but as I had already taken delivery of the
vehicle I had to split the cost of the work 50/50 (no warranty on 10 yr old
vehicles) - it cost me $80 but it did fix the problem. Could be you have
the same problem? He said it's a common problem with disc brakes.
Good luck,
Barrie Henderson
>
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