Hello, all
So I replaced my stock pads and rotors up front back in November of 2018 with Power Stop brand pads and rotors. They've been fine up until about a month ago I started developing a shudder under braking. The shudder is pretty heavy at speeds above 65mph and goes away below 55mph. The feeling is a hard front end shudder, but it doesn't affect steering input at all. My wife says she feels it in the wheel, but I don't. I did not bed the brakes, as I didn't know that was part of the process. Every brake video and "DIY" guide I read never talked about bedding the brakes; however, I've also heard it's not necessary for street cars.
Anyway, I've driven at least 2k miles since then. I thought that it might be the rear brakes, as they're pretty old. However, I did the "pull the e-brake" trick at speeds about 65mph and didn't get any shudder, so I'm wondering if it's the fronts. I read that if it's a warped rotor then it's better to just replace the rotors AND pads (as the pads will have worn unevenly) rather than have them resurfaced.
Thoughts?
So I replaced my stock pads and rotors up front back in November of 2018 with Power Stop brand pads and rotors. They've been fine up until about a month ago I started developing a shudder under braking. The shudder is pretty heavy at speeds above 65mph and goes away below 55mph. The feeling is a hard front end shudder, but it doesn't affect steering input at all. My wife says she feels it in the wheel, but I don't. I did not bed the brakes, as I didn't know that was part of the process. Every brake video and "DIY" guide I read never talked about bedding the brakes; however, I've also heard it's not necessary for street cars.
Anyway, I've driven at least 2k miles since then. I thought that it might be the rear brakes, as they're pretty old. However, I did the "pull the e-brake" trick at speeds about 65mph and didn't get any shudder, so I'm wondering if it's the fronts. I read that if it's a warped rotor then it's better to just replace the rotors AND pads (as the pads will have worn unevenly) rather than have them resurfaced.
Thoughts?