1999 Volkswagen Golf "lathe machine problems" Questions

it will NEVER correct itself by wear, and will ruin your new brakes. two things cause this, they used cheap brake pads or shoes or both, they didn't correctly machine the brake rotors on a brake lathe

Honda recommends machining the rotors on the car to prevent this. using a machine called an "on car brake lathe" if your rotors were not machined this way try to find someone that can do this for you

...of true, you must either replace them or have them machined true again on a machine called a brake disk/rotor lathe. it is very likely the shop will want to replace the front disk brake pads as

...MACHINE THE BRAKE ROTORS . I NEVER REPLACE PADS WITH OUT DOING THIS AND IF THEY ARE OUT OF SPEC ( THICKNESS) REPLACE THEM HOPE THIS HELPS. if this problem didn,t exist before pad replacement logic ...

...to have rotors machined on the truck. Can have no more than .003 runout after machining. Off car lathe can not do that. More than .003 run out will result in rotor thickness variation and shudder ...

machine front and rear rotors if at all possible if the problem persist you may have a damaged hub. On the car brake lathes work better to solve brake pusation problems as it compesates for hub issues

...else's may be endangered. This normally indicates run-out(warpage-out of roundness) in the brake drums or rotors. I would machine rear brake drums on lathe and verify true brake drums for

...lathe type machine & skim a millimeter or two off the front face of the disc, this of corse makes them thinner which in turn helps them heat up quick & then warp again. Best option is to ...

...front disk brake rotors being warped, they must be removed and machined flat again on a brake rotor lathe or replaced depending on how bad the problem is. have the rotors replaced. ....i do not ...

...this either have a repair shop machine the rotors true again (this is done on a brake rotor lathe) and replace the pads if needed or replace the rotors if they are to badly worn to machine flat