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I put in brand new front pads and rotors last month due to a crazy
amount of shimmy in the brakes. Fixed the problem wonderfully. Problem
is, 4-5 weeks later, I am starting to occasionally get a tiny bit of
that shimmy back. What could be the problem?? I made sure to
completely clean off the brake slides, checked for burrs, and recoated
with the Sil-Glyde that they gave me. Are the pistons going bad??
Thanks for the help.

Blah....@bal wrote:
> I put in brand new front pads and rotors last month due to a crazy
> amount of shimmy in the brakes. Fixed the problem wonderfully. Problem
> is, 4-5 weeks later, I am starting to occasionally get a tiny bit of
> that shimmy back. What could be the problem?? I made sure to
> completely clean off the brake slides, checked for burrs, and recoated
> with the Sil-Glyde that they gave me. Are the pistons going bad??
> Thanks for the help.

re-torque the wheels in at least 2 stages - 1324, 1324, then report back
if the problem persists.

Blah....@bal wrote in news:fnggi1tjlcso7lu7975ud7vedk8o2uetc7@4ax.com:

> I put in brand new front pads and rotors last month due to a crazy
> amount of shimmy in the brakes. Fixed the problem wonderfully. Problem
> is, 4-5 weeks later, I am starting to occasionally get a tiny bit of
> that shimmy back.


Are these aftermarket pads and rotors?




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On 15 Sep 2005 00:45:18 GMT, "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

>Blah....@bal wrote in news:fnggi1tjlcso7lu7975ud7vedk8o2uetc7@4ax.com:
>
>> I put in brand new front pads and rotors last month due to a crazy
>> amount of shimmy in the brakes. Fixed the problem wonderfully. Problem
>> is, 4-5 weeks later, I am starting to occasionally get a tiny bit of
>> that shimmy back.
>
>
>Are these aftermarket pads and rotors?

Well, yes. I am pretty sure that Honda does not have lifetime brakes
available, so I bought the most expensive Autozone brand. I never had
this problem until the last 10-15,000 miles or so, and I'm running a
194,000 mile 1994 Civic.

Nate

Blah....@bal wrote in news:4n20j11sl602nv5sl6b48o7kr9j5k98220@4ax.com:

> On 15 Sep 2005 00:45:18 GMT, "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>
>>Blah....@bal wrote in news:fnggi1tjlcso7lu7975ud7vedk8o2uetc7@4ax.com:
>>
>>> I put in brand new front pads and rotors last month due to a crazy
>>> amount of shimmy in the brakes. Fixed the problem wonderfully. Problem
>>> is, 4-5 weeks later, I am starting to occasionally get a tiny bit of
>>> that shimmy back.
>>
>>
>>Are these aftermarket pads and rotors?
>
> Well, yes. I am pretty sure that Honda does not have lifetime brakes
> available, so I bought the most expensive Autozone brand. I never had
> this problem until the last 10-15,000 miles or so, and I'm running a
> 194,000 mile 1994 Civic.
>


Aftermarket "lifetime" pads are often too hard and overheat the rotors. Are
they blue, or show signs of heat-glazing?

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