>Had a very similar symptom on a Cadillac, turned out (no pun intended) that >one of the rotors had warped. Vibration set in at 62 mph every time. I have >no clue why it didn't do it at lower speeds, but there ya go. That should be detectable by jcking the car up & rotating each front wheel by hand. Where the disc is warped it should bind slightly. You might need to push the brake pedal first to close the pads up. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toota van nut |
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