Date:         Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:03:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
Subject:      Re: What to do about brakes
Comments: To: SpaceKommander <jboldway@cottagesoft.com>
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Guys... she never said she had brake pulsing.... she said vibration.
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "SpaceKommander" <jboldway@cottagesoft.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: What to do about brakes


> This may seem an oddball answer to your brake pedal pulsing problem, but
if
> you have a torque wrench try taking off your front tires then installing
> them by tightening them in a criss-cross pattern to 1/3 the total torque,
> then 2/3 in the same pattern, then up to full torque. A guy with an air
> wrench who cranks one lug nut to full torque (or past it), then another,
> etc., will warp the rotor . . . .
>