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Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« on: September 16, 2012, 02:22:14 pm »
Hi Folks, following on from the endless juddering threads, lol, I have found of late that when im braking from high speeds, my steering wheel judders somewhat! Discs and pads recently changed, so doubt thats the cause, any ideas?? I have a 2005 GTi. Someone at work mentioned bushes, mite you agree?
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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2012, 02:31:05 pm »
I still would check that your front discs aren't warped...
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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2012, 02:35:05 pm »
Cheers, is that something that they wud have to check, or is there something simple I can do to check? :-o

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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2012, 02:37:57 pm »
They might have not cleaned the hub faces when installing the new disc... Did you bed them in gently? Are they grooved/drilled?
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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2012, 02:44:44 pm »
Hmm, well I didnt go any more mental than what I normally do! :$
On fear of death, yes, got them changed at Kwikfit, had them done there before, so get the pads free so to speak, so I am assuming that they use standard parts if that helps!?

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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2012, 02:45:59 pm »
Hmmm something ain;t right...  :signLOL:
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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2012, 02:55:59 pm »
I know the bloke there well actually, so will go see him next wk. So not the bushes then??

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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2012, 05:47:03 pm »
If it wasn't happening before you changed the discs and pads then i would look there first. 
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Re: Steering wheel juddering when braking!
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2012, 07:19:27 pm »
Thanks. If the discs/pads were wharped, wud that really cause a steering wheel 2 judder thou on braking? :-o