BRAKE SHUDDER ISSUE

[GOLDIE]

Meyek3 it is not just the turbo or for that fact fords that have this problem magna,camry,commodore,and some of the 4x4's it would appear that due to new design of pads because of no asbostose[spelling] allowed now.bendix even have amitted to having probelms with there prefomomax pads.

As I have stated I have fitted dba golds and qfm pads have have not even looked like having shudders now and have tried very hard to make it happen.

Ian

[1axr]

sounds like a good theory, but I don't drive my t hard and I use the transmission to slow me before applying the brakes.

I have had the brakes skimmed 4 times. the last time being the perminat fix.

well I would just like to say that the shake is back again, and yes I will see what ford are going to do to fix it.

the t is just on 24000km.

[GOLDIE]

sounds like a good theory, but I don't drive my t hard and I use the transmission to slow me before applying the brakes.

I have had the brakes skimmed 4 times. the last time being the perminat fix.

well I would just like to say that the shake is back again, and yes I will see what ford are going to do to fix it.

the t is just on 24000km.

If the ford pads are left in there the shudder will come back guarnteed most of the problem is the pad material note just the disc's.

The ford fix will not fix the problem as you have stated.

Ian

[BAXR6T]

I drove my mates VXII yesterday and it shuddered worse than my T ever did. It's just not our cars boys and girls. Since my permanent fix 4000KM and no shudder. Time will tell.

[genebaby]

My XR8 did about 500k's on the original brakes which have been replaced with DBA Slotted rotors and Ferodo Formula pads all round. Time will tell. If I get shudder, you will find out about it. I figured just changing the pads would have been good but wanted the slotted DBA's. The Ford pad is pretty cheap.

[teebone]

I drove my mates VXII yesterday and it shuddered worse than my T ever did.  It's just not our cars boys and girls.  Since my permanent fix 4000KM and no shudder.  Time will tell.

The VT/VX commodores suffered from a relatively well known brake shimmy problem which was due to a combination factor of the pad type, disc material and drivers who were generally light users of their brakes.

The pad and disc were molecularly bonding under heat and creating a disc surface with microscope peaks and troughs. "Hard" use tended to keep them clean but brake friendly drivers were the ones generally having the problems. I believe the engineering fix was a skim and new spec'n (police?) pads.

I think the ford issue is more serious and dificult to remedy long term than this.

the Ford problem must be related to the configuration and metalurgy of the front discs (specific torque requirements needed). Hence, I was wondering how DBA has been able to fix the problem (for good?) whilst retaining the same configuration (dimensions) as the standard OE disc, for a straight forward change-over?

Anyone had any brake shimmy/shudder problems with any of the dba (standard size) replacement options?

I'm getting more interested in this as I think a faint shimmer is returning, appprox 6k after the full skim/shim/torque fix (could be just paranoid!)

[hammer007]

I've got the shudder, boooked in for Monday for 15K service and will get it seen to then.

On the light braking issue I beleive (think?) this may be an issue - gave the brakes a hard workout yesterday going down to Wollongong and the shuddering has gone away for the moment - defintaely suggests a buldup of material on the disc.

[Guest PaulM]

5,000klms and no sign of a shudder, got to be happy with that!

[Guest dcashion]

10000km and a slight shudder appearing. Doesn't matter, get a new one in another 5000km

DC

[chrislak]

Guys, dont you get it, Ford's not going to do jack about this issue, they have had over 12 months to get it right and cars are still being built with crappy brakes, who every orders a new T should seriously consider the premium brakes.