When braking the front end shakes

2007 BUICK LUCERNE
100,000 MILES • 4.6L • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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FRANKSNYDER
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High speed or low speed when I brake my front end shakes pretty good. I changed the rotors and brake pads and the caliper on the right hand side of past year. I did both rotors with brake pads still shaking not as bad but still shaking.
Jul 5, 2020 at 10:55 AM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good afternoon,

When you changed the rotors, did you clean off the mounting surface on the hub?

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-front-brake-pads-and-rotors-fwd

When you were done the job, did you hand torque the wheels?

All this makes a difference with the rotors causing the vibration.

Also, the rotors, if you got the cheap ones, a lot of times they are warped out of the box. Parts houses sometimes do not stack them correctly and if they sit on a concrete floor, they will warp without even being sold.

Roy
Jul 5, 2020 at 11:56 AM