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EllwynX · 08-07-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

yeah, that's the answer I expected.

EllwynX, I'm not making fun of you at all, but you were hesitant to answer rotors. Your average driver doesn't even know what a rotor IS...So they'd most likely think, like EllwynX initially did: ABS, and would come to the conclusion: not to worry about it.

I just think that that sort of thing is what we need to eliminate; if your brakes pulse wildly, there's probably something wrong with your car.

Well, had my Cavalier never had that problem I still wouldn't know about them either. lol

Actually, a lot of people I have met have no idea what happens when their antilocks engage though. The rotors I can understand not knowing about, but the anti-locks are something drivers should be schooled on.

BUT if my brakes 'pulsed wildly' all the time I'm pretty sure I'd take it to the mechanic regardless.

JMROD · 08-07-2007, 05:16 PM

Can't this also be cause by having air in the break lines? Or is that more of a shaking rather than pusling? Maybe this would only happen when you change breaks without bleeding them. Hmm, maybe it can also happen if your brake fluid resevoir is empty.

*Mr. Wyndham* · 08-07-2007, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMROD

Can't this also be cause by having air in the break lines? Or is that more of a shaking rather than pusling? Maybe this would only happen when you change breaks without bleeding them. Hmm, maybe it can also happen if your brake fluid resevoir is empty.

If you have air in your lines...The air'll compress when you step on the brakes...which will make your pedal feel really soft...and the brakes won't engage properly (with enough force to stop like usual)...a great danger. I don't know if they'd pulse, though...never heard of it happening like that.

Fbodybuddy · 08-12-2007, 10:49 PM

Warped rotors. My wife constantly has that problem because she "rides" the brakes. Of course, she says I never use mine. But no brake problems for me.

I usually keep my cars 7+ years now, so I believe in PM. My family and I depend too much on our vehicles because mass transit is nonexistent where we live.

*Mr. Wyndham* · 08-12-2007, 11:51 PM

"PM"? forgive my lack of terminology.

*DGthe3* · 08-12-2007, 11:55 PM

PM:
Popular Mechanics
Private Message
Prime Minister

uhh . . . running low here . . .
Personal Massuse?

The_Stache · 08-13-2007, 12:00 AM

Preventative Maintenance...

The term is used for everything from changing your car fluids to blowing dust out of your pc.

*DGthe3* · 08-13-2007, 12:08 AM

. . . so you don't use a personal massuse to forget about the car problems?

*Mr. Wyndham* · 08-13-2007, 12:35 AM

Perhaps you read Popular Mechanics next to the Prime Minister who is Personal Messaging someone while relaxing thanks to his personal Massuse?

And to use all of those is the same sentance makes me a Pitiful Man...

Bucksbadz · 04-12-2008, 11:26 PM

I beat the hell out of my 02 everyday and have never had any problems that were not caused by my driving.

lafountain · 04-13-2008, 02:15 AM

My 1995 still is in great shape other than needing some minor painting. It has 145,000 miles on it and runs great still.

For the last 7 years and for about 9 of the 13 years in the time I have owned the car it has been in Northern parts of the Country (Vermont and Idaho) and has been an everyday car and even though it has had to deal with winters it is still just humming along.

08-12-2007, 11:51 PM	#47
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,876 View My Garage	"PM"? forgive my lack of terminology. __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

08-13-2007, 12:00 AM	#49
The_Stache SoCal Race Team #13 Drives: 2010 1SS:RS:LS3:SW Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,803 View My Garage	Preventative Maintenance... The term is used for everything from changing your car fluids to blowing dust out of your pc. __________________ A.K.A - Diarmadhi (old handle) - So much to do.. So little money Owner : Fast-Stache Industries LLC

08-13-2007, 12:35 AM	#51
Mr. Wyndham I used to be Dragoneye... Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 31,876 View My Garage	Perhaps you read Popular Mechanics next to the Prime Minister who is Personal Messaging someone while relaxing thanks to his personal Massuse? And to use all of those is the same sentance makes me a Pitiful Man... __________________ *"Keep the faith."* - Fbodfather

04-13-2008, 02:15 AM	#53
lafountain Drives: 2011 Synergy Green 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lexington Park, MD Posts: 887	My 1995 still is in great shape other than needing some minor painting. It has 145,000 miles on it and runs great still. For the last 7 years and for about 9 of the 13 years in the time I have owned the car it has been in Northern parts of the Country (Vermont and Idaho) and has been an everyday car and even though it has had to deal with winters it is still just humming along. __________________ Hey, you want to lay the fate of the world on the kid's Camaro? That's cool. I bought a car, turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?

08-07-2007, 05:16 PM	#44
JMROD Drives: 2SS RS ABM "Bumbleblue" Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: So. Cal Posts: 60	Can't this also be cause by having air in the break lines? Or is that more of a shaking rather than pusling? Maybe this would only happen when you change breaks without bleeding them. Hmm, maybe it can also happen if your brake fluid resevoir is empty.

08-12-2007, 10:49 PM	#46
Fbodybuddy Drives: 2008 Pontiac G8 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Trussville, AL Posts: 66	Warped rotors. My wife constantly has that problem because she "rides" the brakes. Of course, she says I never use mine. But no brake problems for me. I usually keep my cars 7+ years now, so I believe in PM. My family and I depend too much on our vehicles because mass transit is nonexistent where we live.

08-12-2007, 11:55 PM	#48
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 25,372	PM: Popular Mechanics Private Message Prime Minister uhh . . . running low here . . . Personal Massuse?

08-13-2007, 12:08 AM	#50
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 25,372	. . . so you don't use a personal massuse to forget about the car problems?

04-12-2008, 11:26 PM	#52
Bucksbadz Drives: 02 NBM Z28 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kaneohe, Hawaii Posts: 5	I beat the hell out of my 02 everyday and have never had any problems that were not caused by my driving.