Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hpfcll.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!zehntel!vlsvax1!qantel!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcla!rjs From: rjs@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Honda brakes vibrating Message-ID: <77800001@hpfcll.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 10:28:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpfcll.77800001 Posted: Mon Nov 4 10:28:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 06:44:45 EST References: <760@cyb-eng.UUCP> Organization: 04 Nov 85 08:28:00 MST Lines: 21 >I have an 85 Civic Sedan (vented discs) and had vibration on >braking starting at 10,000 km. At 19500 km I got them fixed >under warranty (only took an hour or so to machine the rotors). >Anyway, I am at a loss to determine a cause. The dealer (other >than being sure I was the cause) was not able to offer any explanation. >The brakes were not overheated, seized, or anything else. >I suspect (hope?) that there was some stress in the original casting >that caused them to warp spontaneously. I also hope that this >spontaneous warping has now ceased. Unfortunately, machined rotors are even more likely to warp than ones that have not been machined (since they are thinner). I had an '83 thunderbird turbocoupe (a real piece of trash I might add, but that's another story) that exhibited the pulsing at high(er) speed braking. I opted to live with it for fear that the machined rotors might result in even worse warpage. Bob Schneider ihnp4!hpfcla!hpfcll!rjs