it shakes when I brake (s14 brake shimmy problem)

[stevebsvs]

Hi guys, I got an S14 (95 240sx) and when I hit the brakes, the steering wheel shakes and enough for the whole front end to shimmy too. New brembo rotors and pads didn't help at all. I changed my right side wheel hub assembly cuz it was givin play in the wheel and makin the "grinding" feeling of bad bearings. I also changed a very loose right tie rod end... I still have the braking shake still. Well I read that new tension rod bushings or just new tension rods (T/C rods) will fix that problem. So I bought from PDM Racing the stock rods with whiteline bushings hoping that will help. Anyone with this problem that got it fixed, is this the way to go? I have over 140k miles so Im sure changing the rods was something I'd have to do eventually.

Advice anyone?

[rps13sh]

i saw an old post about the same problem about a year ago. some guy had the same problem and after long posts and stuff he found the problem. you should try a search. sorry im no help. =)

[mbmbmb23]

Something like that happend to me before, I had a broken steel belt on the inside front passenger tire.



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[WilloW]

Warped rotor(s)?

[TachyonS14]

He said he just got new brembo's...

[WilloW]

He said he just got new brembo's...
Damn, totally missed that one. My bad.

[holisticbeatz]

I don't think changing the tension rod or bushing would change anything. When you did your brake upgrade/swap, did you bleed the master cylinder and lines? You could give that a shot.. And another thing, are your tires balanced? Wobbling tires and rims could cause steering wheel shimmy.. I hope this helps..

[Propagandhi41]

My mom had that problem in her 95 Mustang. She just said the rotors needed turning [?]. And she took to the tire place and they turned her rotors and it fixed the problem...

[Ghettokracker71]

my 240 pulls to the left when I brake and the wheel shakes a little...and according to my girl when she drove it,you have to keep the wheel to the right to stay straight anyway....so I think I need an alignment or something :doh:

EDIT:Apparently I am used to it...thats why I said my girl says...but I kinda realized that after she said sumthin