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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 01:22 AM
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So, i just replaced my front brake pads last weekend and i noticed tonight that when i barely even press on the brake pedal a vibration occurs. This is around 30mph. Its not very agressive but deffinatly noticable. Any ideas why?? It has a pretty good leak on the rear drum brake cylinder.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 02:08 AM
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First, fix the leak on the rear.

The vibration is most likely from warped rotors.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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First, fix the leak on the rear.

The vibration is most likely from warped rotors.
+1, new rotors or have the old one's turned/cut.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 01:18 PM
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Fix the known probs first, then lets talk. You need new brake shoes and obviously at least one WC.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 02:37 PM
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Okay. I am probabaly going to fix the cylinder sometime soon and with it not working, neither are the rear brakes. And this saddens me because i had a wheel bearing go out in like November and it destroyed the passenger side rotor.. lol So there is a new one on there. The previous brake pads had dug grooves into the new rotor but not too bad.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 07:46 PM
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Always replace brake components in pairs. If you replaced one side due to damage, you should have replaced the other as well, and the pads at the same time.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 08:42 AM
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I replace pads together but I see no reason to replace both rotors unless they're both bad
 
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Old Mar 10, 2013 | 09:37 AM
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As you wish.
 
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