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toyotta corolla problem

  • 06-07-2009 8:49pm
    #1
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭



    Recently my friend bought his second Corolla, a 2L Diesel Hatchback. He heard a grinding/squealing sound from the front brakes so he got the front brake pads changed.
    Okay the problem is that now when breaking at a low speed (just before the car stops) there is a bad shudder in the brake pedal. It sounds like the ABS kicking in for a second and then the car stops. At any other speed the brakes work fine.
    He brought it back to the garage (not a Toyota) and the only explanation they could come up was that one of the brake discs (?) has a ridge in it that only seems to go 2/3 of the way around the disk. They said to see if the pads settle in after a few weeks?

    why didn't the car have these problems before the break pads were changed? And I should say the garage in question aren't dodgy or anything cos he's been using them for years. Any help would great, thanks a lot.


Comments

  • #2
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    oh just another question about my car. does anyone know where i could get some nice wind deflectors fitted on an audi a3 2001. I like to drive with the windows open and the wind can be a pain in the ass, also i smoke so it would be nice to have less of the wind in ear experience. Was looking at the pair on micksgarage. Would these be any good. thanks guys.


  • #3
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    The pads might need to bed in for about 100 miles or so to the disc, they could try putting copper grease on them to resolve the problem. The old pads would have been moulded over time to the discs and so he wouldn't have had that problem with them.


  • #4
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    The old pads were left on too long and they wore down to the metal creating a ridge on the disc. The shudder is the ridge digging into the new pads, scimming across the surface. The pads won't last long unless the discs are changed too.


  • #5
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Sometimes the ABS will cut in at low speeds if the gap is wrong between the sensor and the rotor.

    Not sure if you can adjust the gap on a corolla though.


  • #6
    doccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 366 ✭✭doccy


    just gona bump dis thread as I'm the owner of said corolla.

    Decided to get the discs and pads changed together and the problem still remains. Worried now it might be the abs but no warning light comes on and brakes work fine the rest of the time. Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated.


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