steering wheel shakes when hard braking

[Trini]

i'm having similar problems with my car:

when i'm braking at 60+KMH i'll get massive shuddering and shaking at the steering wheel, not always but most of the time, also when i'm going above 80ish KMH the steering wheel shakes without braking

so would getting the rotors machined help and getting the wheels balanced?
what exactly is getting the wheels balanced?
sorry i'm not really all that good with mechanical stuff!

thanks

[Stealthman80]

gettign the wheels balanced fixed the heavy spot,

Here is everything you need to know

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tiretech.jsp

[Trini]

gettign the wheels balanced fixed the heavy spot,

Here is everything you need to know

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tiretech.jsp

thanks

[CB7Man]

I must say if you replace your rotors, buy OEM
I have the original rotors on my car, I must say they perform insanely good!
Well for stock...lol
I went 110 to 0 in no time, as hard as I could without locking them up
I must say by the time I stopped, I thought my car was over.
The steering wheel was going side to side FAR, I kept hearing a massive thud every second.
Then I gently went back up to highway speed again
Perfectly straight NO vibrations
Then when I went to brake, no noise and perfectly smooth

That was 6 months ago, I havn't changed the pads yet.
I've done alot more to my car since then.
I E-braked, hit a curb and such
Now Im out of alignment and I got a vibration at 65.
But still no warped rotors.
I'm convinced the rotors warped then went perfectly back to normal

[onefastbunny]

im on my second cb and if your getting vibration while braking its warped rotors my first one did and and my second is starting the same thing...don't want to buy those cheapy rotors i learned from experience

if its vibrating while your driving then you need to check your wheel balance

also check your ball joints and tie rods because they will amplify the vibration if theres too much play in them

[xx93accordxx]

ya its the rotors
had the same problem
not only that but the pads burnt to the metal
so not only did it warp them
it trashed them

[beanzfynest617]

My car is having the same problem ryte now but I'm not changing the rotors till spring hits......

[vjekoaccordRT]

Now i am crazy. I have a brake shaking problem for 3 years now. I have changed everything possible on the car, pu bushings, 555 ball joints, tie end rods, suspension, rotors 5 times, brake pads 6 times, calipers 3 times, wheel bearings 4 times. Everything is the best parts that i can find. When i change rotors and pads problem goes away for about 3k miles then it start again but not all the time, sometimes it shakes sometimes not but shakes more after first and second braking, at hard braking shake stop, at easy breaking shakes as hell. What the f... is the problem? Accord 92 F22A EX manual tranny. PLEASE PLEASE help me, or i will have to sell my only love i hate to do that, i have changed all parts on her, paint job done, interior done, suspension and steering done but this shaking brakes driving me crazy crazy crazy. PLEASE HELP.

[F20A CB7]

I only read the 2ng page, but I didn't see any 1 say anything about wheel weights, maybe 1 came off.

[NAiL05]

You can warp rotors fast with improper break in or if something cold touches a hot rotor...holy 2007.

[vjekoaccordRT]

You can warp rotors fast with improper break in or if something cold touches a hot rotor...holy 2007.

Nothing of that. I am a mechanic and i can not figure this out. Everything is new on the car with best parts that i could find. Problem is that in my country there is no one to balance rotors on the car, only when they are apart. This is very big problem for me because i need good brakes. I try with Brembo, oem Honda, TRW rotors and nothing, 3k miles and she starts shake again but not all the time, about 70% of breaking time. First breaking goes ok then second one starts to shake a bit, then 3rd one shakes as hell. Please anybody has any idea what to do with my brakes??

[NAiL05]

Rotor over hub conversion. Usually you can use an on car lathe if you have access to one. If not your going to have to disassemble the whole rotor from the knuckle or you can do a rotor over hub converesion which would make life easier and give you a larger diameter rotor along with a slightly larger caliper as I recall.