my honda civic vibrates when i brake

**Mamar** · October 7th, 2006 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Lim 88

plus the steering wheel shaking a little when i brake, but this only happen on high speed, driving thru nlex (north luzon expressway)

ganyan na ganyan din nang yayari sa kia sedona! nag wiwiggle ung steering tas may onte nginig din sa body kahit bagong palit mga brake pads! sabi skin sa casa abs nga din daw!

Oh yeah pag high speed lang din pala ung sa sedona nmin!

**BoEinG_747** · October 7th, 2006 11:17 PM

ano ang posibleng nasira sa ABS?

**redorange** · October 7th, 2006 11:42 PM

As Otep said abs usually only activates if you are on the brink of lock up. Braking from high speed does not always activate abs, unless you are slamming the brakes to cause your brakes to almost lock up. If you are applying the brakes gently and you feel the vibration then it's not your abs. Also you should feel some pedal pulsation when abs activates.

**mikmik316** · October 8th, 2006 12:48 AM

pa-check nyo suspension nyo malamang mga ball bearing problema nyan

**Lim 88** · October 8th, 2006 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by redorange

As Otep said abs usually only activates if you are on the brink of lock up. Braking from high speed does not always activate abs, unless you are slamming the brakes to cause your brakes to almost lock up. If you are applying the brakes gently and you feel the vibration then it's not your abs. Also you should feel some pedal pulsation when abs activates.

yes i am applying the brakes gently and i feel the vibration at the 2 front disc brakes. but why at 120kph only below than that it's ok, casa had found no defects, so strange!! a car must be stable and if not theres something wrong w/ it. hhmmmm maybe i'll bring it to another honda service center.

**redorange** · October 8th, 2006 04:22 AM

Originally Posted by Lim 88

yes i am applying the brakes gently and i feel the vibration at the 2 front disc brakes. but why at 120kph only below than that it's ok, casa had found no defects, so strange!! a car must be stable and if not theres something wrong w/ it. hhmmmm maybe i'll bring it to another honda service center.

If that is the case then it's not your abs, get a resurface of the disc and if that doesn't solve the vibration then have the stealership check lateral runout of the disc while it is on the wheel hub. As far as why 120kph? It could be that the low speed isn't enough to cause it to vibrate. Similar to a warped disc, when you apply the brakes at low speed it doesn't vibrate as much as if you are applying your brakes from high speed.

from another site.
Lateral runout= Also called axial runout, it is the amount of sideways motion or wobble in a wheel or tire as it rotates. It is usually measured by holding a dial indicator against the face of the rim or tire sidewall. A wheel with too much lateral runout will wobble back and forth as it rotates creating a shimmy that feels like dynamic imbalance problem.

another explanation with animation.
http://www.brakeinfo.com/html/lateral.html

**slamtaz** · October 8th, 2006 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by redorange

If that is the case then it's not your abs, get a resurface of the disc and if that doesn't solve the vibration then have the stealership check lateral runout of the disc while it is on the wheel hub. As far as why 120kph? It could be that the low speed isn't enough to cause it to vibrate. Similar to a warped disc, when you apply the brakes at low speed it doesn't vibrate as much as if you are applying your brakes from high speed.

from another site.
Lateral runout= Also called axial runout, it is the amount of sideways motion or wobble in a wheel or tire as it rotates. It is usually measured by holding a dial indicator against the face of the rim or tire sidewall. A wheel with too much lateral runout will wobble back and forth as it rotates creating a shimmy that feels like dynamic imbalance problem.

another explanation with animation.
http://www.brakeinfo.com/html/lateral.html

*redorange: good info bro... :thanx: