Yea, i hope the "Pulsating" word make sense... Anyway, i had that probleme in and out on my van, but lately, it was worse. My van had new brake/parts everywhere except for drums that look brand new, so i kept those will restoring my van. Lately, i also had a steering vibration at 75mph +, in and out also... 2 different problem that look to be one, but no. The steering vibration was caused by my new front wheel: http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/body105.jpg Those should self align, but they are not doing so, they are a direct fit. by spinning the wheel i saw that they where wabling, i built some rings to help center those on the disk, that problem was gone, but not the pulsating pedal one??? I don't know why but it took me a wile to pinpoint that problem, i had a feeling since the beginning that the left rear wheel was the cupid, but i could not see what (i hate to do brakes), of course, wheel bearing are new so i put that aside, but no matter what i did (adjustment), new drums, that wheel always had a weak/grabbing/rubbing pad one time/spot over one rotation, so something was not spinning round. I blame everything including the wheel itself, bad drum. So yesterday, i was planning to relax, but when i came home early, the problem was worse than ever... Tabar... Ost...Cali.. (Swearing in French) :-) i went back to the shop and i said to myself, i'm not going home before i find taht stupid problem.... well, i found it. Only one possible thing, the axle shaft, bearing or the hub... So i started the engine on the lift (wheel in the air), put it in third, and had someone give gas.... i looked at that wheel wobling left to right, not that much but enough to "scrap" a bearing in a short period. The bearing were still perfect, the hub and axle/shaft look ok, but i decided to swap them anyway. http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge85.jpg http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge86.jpg http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge87.jpg http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/rouge88.jpg The problem is gone. Don't always blame the brake. Spin those wheel in the air first Ben ps.: i'm out for one of the biggest VW campout in Quebec city (350+vans), i will go show off a bit... he he he. Fist time sleeping in the red van :-) 600 miles test for the vans and the Subi engine |
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