[FM]

Hey guys..

Well it's finally happened.. the Festy is the main source of transport for yours truely from now on.. Took her for a drive last night and again this morning and I have noticed a slight problem. It appears the missus has been standing on the anchors a bit too much 'cause when you whack your foot on the brake there's a shudder through the steering wheel. Not a real bad one but there's a shudder none the less..
I know the car needs a wheel balance and alignment but I'm thinking the front discs may need to be machined as well.. As I've said before I'm not a real guru when it comes to fixing cars but I was hoping to get your opinions on what the little shudder could be..

 

[Guest]

If the steering shudders only when applying the brakes it would be warped discs... definately have them machined.

 

[FM]

Yeah it's only when you touch the anchors.. thanks for that mate.. :thumbup:

 

[Guest]

No wucken Forries!

 

[HSE2]

There are tow ways of having the discs machined. Ford dealers seem to want to machine them insitu. I have never seen this completely fix the problem. I had this happen on a couple of falcons and IMO get the rotors removed.

 

[FTEfan]

How many K's on the festy? Is it a 1.3 or 1.5, manual or auto(shudder)? Depending on the model the front discs will be either solid or vented. From memerory once the solid ones got a few k's on them getting them machined was out of the question. DBA make replacement discs for them at ok prices which in my mind is the better way to go, and there are drilled and slotted ones for the festy, if they are the same as Mazda 121.

 

[XR_Strider_GuY]

yeah definitly the go is to machine them of the car, makes the pads seat in better too, hence better braking. Dunno how they machine the discs on the car.

 

[FM]

How many K's on the festy? Is it a 1.3 or 1.5, manual or auto(shudder)?

'99 model.. 22,000k's 1.3 ltr manual.. drive away with free windows deal.. feels like a simple machining of the discs will do the job... hope so anyway!!..

 

[Donut King]

Heh won't you need to upgrade the Braking system when you bolt on the turbo?!?!

 

[XR_Strider_GuY]

Ford Man,

Mate why didn't you tick the option of the "big block" motor the 1.5 when you bought it.

Yeah about the brakes machining would be the deal, i'm 99% sure that it would cure the shudder problem. Oh yeah remember to bed the brakes in by not braking too hard for the first 100 or so km.

 

[Aussie Pete]

Machining ON the car is better for FWD - that way the discs are machined to the runout of the rotors.

DBA discs for a Camira (vented) were $49 each brand new. Why bother machining?????? The Festiva discs must be cheaper.....

 

[FM]

Heh won't you need to upgrade the Braking system when you bolt on the turbo?!?!

That's going on the Laser when we buy it with the XR8.. The deals you have to do to get a nice car.. Chicks mate.. fair dinkum!!!..

 

[FM]

Mate why didn't you tick the option of the "big block" motor the 1.5 when you bought it.

Basically came down to $$$ for the house mate.. Otherwise we'd have a nice zippy little 1.8 laser in the garage..

 

[FM]

Why bother machining?????? The Festiva discs must be cheaper.....

To be honest I dunno mate.. just a thought I had..

 

[Big Block Ford]

Unless you want to do everything at once ,it could be worth doing the wheel balance and alignment and susp joint check first and see if this cures prob if not then machine disc's.22000k's doesn't seem long to have buggered the disc's tho you did mention they get a hard time.Just a thought and chance of saving a few bucks if they don't need machining.Any worn joints or rubbers or alignment can sometimes cause funny things to happen under braking.Or maybe I'm just being a tight wad.Hehe.

 

[HSE2]

Machining ON the car is better for FWD - that way the discs are machined to the runout of the rotors.

DBA discs for a Camira (vented) were $49 each brand new. Why bother machining?????? The Festiva discs must be cheaper.....

Has nothing to do with FWD. The machine they use is no where near good enough to get the job done right. Machining rotors should be done off the car no matter what. I made the mistake once and will never do it again. The biggest mistake people make is not replacing the pads once the discs have been trued up.

 

[Guest]

Unless you want to do everything at once ,it could be worth doing the wheel balance and alignment and susp joint check first and see if this cures prob if not then machine disc's.22000k's doesn't seem long to have buggered the disc's tho you did mention they get a hard time.Just a thought and chance of saving a few bucks if they don't need machining.Any worn joints or rubbers or alignment can sometimes cause funny things to happen under braking.Or maybe I'm just being a tight wad.Hehe.

Isn't 22000k's seem low for balljoints and rubbers?
One other thing is it possible for discs to warp when really hot while driving through a puddle?

 

[MADXF]

Just speaking of ball joints, The lower ball-joints on my 86 XF have never been changed. Not something you see everyday hey.
They are on the agenda though, they have started to play up.
Mind you 240,000k's before a change, not bad considering that ball joints are normally the first thing to go.

 

[Big Block Ford]

Isn't 22000k's seem low for balljoints and rubbers?
One other thing is it possible for discs to warp when really hot while driving through a puddle?

Yes but he mentioned it needed alignment and balance which means check for wear or damage first.Could have done some curb whacking.

 

[Guest]

Could have done some curb whacking.

Gee who's fault is that hey Ford Man?