Brake wobbling.

bdaddylo · 07-06-2013, 07:49 PM

I'm hoping that everyone who is tracking or autocrosing their cars are performing basic inspections before endangering themselves and others. I've only witnessed one lost wheel due to improper lug nut/bolt torquing and hope to never witness another one.

RKR · 08-08-2013, 07:14 AM

OK, so I feel like a bit of an idiot!

Put the car into the local BMW dealer and explained the situation, initially thought that it would be the front wishbones/rear ball joints and thus told them this is what I thought. Car was diagnosed with warped discs all round. The discs did come to my mind due to the wobbling steering but since they were brand new in April & only seen 5k miles max I would of never had thought! They were all blue in colour and completely wrecked.

Glad to say that it's all sorted now, haha. I'll properly bed these new discs/pads in before heading to the nurburgring or a trackday. Learn from your mistakes and all that, oops.

timbo_3101 · 08-10-2013, 10:06 AM

Glad to hear it has resolved the vibration issues, Ian.
However, lower threshold ABS could in itself be inconvenient/ detrimental on track.
I wonder if this may be a feature of track pads, because one dealership representative did try to attribute my vibration to Pagids. (It has not been mentioned by other competitors on this forum as such an issue.)

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RKR Second Lieutenant 279 Rep 243 Posts Drives: F80 ZCP Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Aberdeen. iTrader: (0)	OK, so I feel like a bit of an idiot! Put the car into the local BMW dealer and explained the situation, initially thought that it would be the front wishbones/rear ball joints and thus told them this is what I thought. Car was diagnosed with warped discs all round. The discs did come to my mind due to the wobbling steering but since they were brand new in April & only seen 5k miles max I would of never had thought! They were all blue in colour and completely wrecked. Glad to say that it's all sorted now, haha. I'll properly bed these new discs/pads in before heading to the nurburgring or a trackday. Learn from your mistakes and all that, oops. __________________ Flickr
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timbo_3101 Lieutenant 18 Rep 442 Posts Drives: Slow Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Melbourne iTrader: (0)	Glad to hear it has resolved the vibration issues, Ian. However, lower threshold ABS could in itself be inconvenient/ detrimental on track. I wonder if this may be a feature of track pads, because one dealership representative did try to attribute my vibration to Pagids. (It has not been mentioned by other competitors on this forum as such an issue.)
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