Loud rumbling under heavy braking T350
Loud rumbling under heavy braking T350
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househead

Original Poster:

66 posts

226 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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Got loud rumble under heavy braking from high speed,but when speeding up then trying an emergency stop so to say everything seems fine could my front discs be warped?

triac

157 posts

286 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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Drilled discs are pretty noisy when you break hard. Have you only recently noticed it ?

househead

Original Poster:

66 posts

226 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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Yeah only noticed it yesterday,but never before just a bit concerned the thing is it's fine under normal braking....

stub101

594 posts

245 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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My T350 is doing the same, I know the brakes are fairly worn though so hence the reason for mine. I also suspect them to be warped...

Both very tell tale signs of a looming replacement I believe.


househead

Original Poster:

66 posts

226 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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Mine has only done about 3000 miles since i got it was also serviced at the same time and in total its only got 9200 miles on the clock!!!!

Druid

1,312 posts

210 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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Take the wheel off, rotate the disk if it's not obviously warped you might need to fix a point and measure the gap to disk. (use a Dial Test Indicator if youve got access to one!)This should at least answer your warped or not warped question.

mhg

114 posts

233 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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wouldn't you feel quite a wobble\vibration through the wheel if they were warped?

astonman

839 posts

239 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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You will get a loud (ish) roaring when you brake hard and a little vibration( my 1st experience of what a T350 will do was panic braking from 147mph to 65 mph in 65 metres!) you feel like your face is being pulled off! If you get lots of pedal vibration under light braking then your discs are warped.

astonman

839 posts

239 months

Monday 13th April 2009
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By the way mine has about 2000 miles on the clock and has only been really braked that hard once, it was a mind alterring experience , ( I thought 0- 60 in 4.4 was awesome untill I used the brakes!)

tail slide

2,169 posts

276 months

Tuesday 14th April 2009
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If they pull up well on emergency stop they are likely to be fine, IMO.

T350 discs are pretty good and unlikely to warp unless used very hard on track for many laps.

What does happen more often is slight surface corrosion, which can sound grumbly and cause a slight pulsing through the pedal until the pads wear it off - 3 or 4 hard stops from high speed often does it. If it is that, you'd see it as less brightly polished areas on the disc - maybe on the inner side which is hidden. You can speed up removal by using wet&dry paper. smile


househead

Original Poster:

66 posts

226 months

Tuesday 14th April 2009
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Thanks for the advice fellas i will have a look at them ASAP!!!!!!