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Old 01-28-2005, 08:47 AM
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When you hit the brakes on the Cobra do you feel a "pulsing" which is fast (at higher speed) and then slows down (as your speed slows)? This is typically the sign of a warped rotor(s). The pulsing is felt at the steering wheel and the brake pedal whilst braking if from the front wheels and sometimes from the brake pedal and stick shift if from the rear brake rotor(s).

Almost all disk brakes will eminate a slight "schooop schoop" from the wheels when they are spun (the noise coming from one or more pads slightly touching the rotor). However if you feel some stronger resistance and then a release while spinning them then you may have a warped rotor.

Last evening, when thumbing thru the latest Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine, I noticed a firm with a half page ad advertising an aftermarket universal joint, for a steering column. This joint appears to have an integrated judder dampener in it. Kind of like a rag joint but not visible. Interesting. And probably a solution to many a problem.
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