rev up your engines now if you're driving 55 60 hit the brakes hard and your
steering wheel starts shaking now normally means your front brake rotors
are warped so when you hit them they're going in and out a little bit at a time
that makes the steering wheel shape and conversely if you hit your brakes going
60 and the brake pedal starts pulsating that generally means the back rotors are
worn now in this case it's the front wheel you hit this brakes it about 60
the front steering wheel shakes so we're gonna check the front ones first now
before we pull the wheel off we're gonna check the suspension cuz if your tie
rods or ball joints are worn and it really wobbles you hit the brakes they
can make a steering shake too so well grab it at nine and three no play there
and at 12 and six no play there so there's nothing really worn here
we'll do the rotors first now if you want you can actually measure this with
a caliper but I can feel that it's all warped it's not even anymore so
we're gonna take off the rotors put on new rotors and pads now we're gonna turn
the wheel all to the right so we can access the bolts matter you can take off
the bottom bolt here that comes off and whole thing what's up you can slide it
away then that's two bolts inside we're gonna top one on the bottom we take
those off to get the whole caliper assembly off as you can see they just
come right off the bottom one then the top one the top
one doesn't have room for my air impact so I got a giant bar socket and I'm
taking that one off huh by hand because there's not enough working room for my
right but there's plenty of room for this it just takes more time then
you remove that bolt the whole assembly will come off this is just supposed to
slip off but it's so old and rusty it is 21 years old we're gonna
hit this with a sledgehammer we're throwing it away anyway get a big
hammer give it a few whacks off it comes then you put new rotors on it here's a
trick now the factory rotors they always work fine but they're a lot more
expensive you don't want to buy the absolute cheapest rotors you can get
your hands on cuz a lot of times warp see you might want to look at good
mid-priced ones like this you can see got all of that holes and everything in
it solid steel you don't want to get a cheap one that maybe doesn't have the
vents but you don't have to buy the factory once these cost about
three-quarters of what the factory wants do and they work perfectly fine and
while you're at it get some brake clean they coat these things with an anti
rusty coating you want to get it off so you want to spray both sides to get on
and off get it wipe any residue off then slide the new roller on gets right on
then get your brake caliper bracket put it over the holes and get the bolts that hold it in place
you got to wiggle them around a little then do the bottom one make sure they're started then you can get a nice
and tight with an extension bar and a socket you don't want them coming loose
you want a nice and cut yeah now before you put the caliper on you
want to squeeze it back in ah squeeze like mad and then it goes in then you
get your brake pads get some braking caliper grease and put a little on the
top where it binds and the bottom and slide them in here you got a kind of
twisting then they snap in place there's one then we snap this one and on the
inside now that you snapped right on then that slides right over and you bolt
it back on turn the wheel and put the tire back on and this particular car is
a fancy wheel so also don't forget the spacer, the spacer goes inside here tap it
in then put the wheel on and of course do the other side so we'll pull it here
no play in here no play so the tie rods and ball joints are okay
now we'll just pull off the side do the brakes on this side get the same exact
process does the other side yeah that's a big whacker
this one's on harder
there the stupid thing is off then put the new rotor on and the
caliper brackets get it nice and tight then put the brake pads on remember to
lube the lips and then slider on angle that push it in place
I remember to squeeze the caliper back in now it's back in this hole now this
pin is sticking a little down here so we'll hit it sometimes they will stick
and bolt the bottom on line up the wheel studs nice and tight but before you
start driving pump the brakes now they'll go all the
way to the floor till you pump them a few times now they're nice and hard when
you squeeze the calipers that loses pressure then you got to pump it up
now their nice and stiff, so the next time your car steering wheel starts shaking
when you're braking at higher speeds now you know how to replace the rotors and
check the front end for any problems, so if you never want to miss another one of
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