hey i recently put brembo blanks with aem pads on my 5th gen. the car was shakin really bad before when i was braking. but i changed my rotors and brakes but its still shakin. not as bad as before but it even shakes now just crusing. could it be my tires? or could the brembos be warped too?this sux cuz i have no idea why its still shakin. any ideas ?

 

It could be your ball joint! because mine was the upeer ball joint. I had to replace the upper control arm.

 

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shake it down...
Get it in the air and shake that thing...the front end. Shake the wheels side to side and up and down. That way you could rule out ball joints. If it is, you'd have some play with the frontend...which there shouldn't be ANY play.

Also, did you shave your rotors down a little bit? Clean them off?

 

i cleaned them down before putting the calpiers back on but i didn't shave them down.
maybe it might be the ball joints because right after i changed them and took it for a drive the car was wobbling a lil bit. shake the front end? whatcha mean

 

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maybe it might be the ball joints because right after i changed them and took it for a drive the car was wobbling a lil bit. shake the front end? whatcha mean </TD></TR></TABLE>

Simple...with the car in the air...grab the wheel. Shake it side to side...it shouldn't have ANY play, meaning the wheel should not move at all, unless the other wheel (opposite side) is moving too. Do the same to the other side. Then do up and down. Let us know from this point on.

 

check upper lower ball joints.. check ure wheel bearing, ure tires see if they are balanced?? and check the bushings on ure upper and lower control arm.. all of those can lead to ure shaking.. hope that help

 

the proper way to check ball joints is not to shake them it is to get a BIG pair of channel locks and squeeze them from top to bottum and if there is any play then the joint is bad


good luck

 

maybe you need an alignment or your wheels balanced?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stripped Honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the proper way to check ball joints is not to shake them it is to get a BIG pair of channel locks and squeeze them from top to bottum and if there is any play then the joint is bad


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True, but if there IS ANY play if you shake them, you wouldn't have to do this to determine if it's a bad ball joint or not. Plus this way you could tell if it needs tie rod ends, racks, etc, etc...