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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 07:05 AM
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Centric Rotors vibrate

I have a 2011 G37xS sedan. I have been noticing the above 40mph when I brake there is a big of vibration, feel it in the seat and steering wheel. I had installed Centric rotors (front/back) back in July 2017 along with new pads and did the whole bedding process. I drive about 15 miles a day. I kept reading it is probably not warped rotors but pad deposit. I went ahead and tried to clean them out by doing several 60mph down to 10mph braking with no luck. Just few days ago I went ahead and replaced all the pads with new pads and bed them in. It still feels the same, great stopping power but not smooth. Anything else I can do other than replace 4 rotors again?
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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 10:32 AM
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Seems one of your pistons in the caliper is binding. Buy rebuild kit for seals
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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 12:05 PM
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Why do you think it is a caliper that is binding? Even if that is the case, is there any way of knowing or does one just rebuild all the calipers? I have done the passenger rear before but it is not a hard job.
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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 12:18 PM
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New pads and rotors warping usually is caused by piston seal going bad
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Old Aug 15, 2019 | 01:50 PM
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Warped rotors can also be caused by not torqueing the lug nuts on your wheels to spec.
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Old Aug 20, 2019 | 07:21 AM
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I would check the torque of all the lug nuts. I will admit I have been using an electric impact gun to tighter the wheels.
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Old Sep 4, 2019 | 02:29 PM
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Solution was to replace the rotors. I purchased 4 new rotors from RockAuto. I went with coated Raybestos rotors, came to about $108 and they are coated and should not rust.
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Old Sep 5, 2019 | 05:01 PM
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There was nothing wrong with your rotors that an Italian tune-up wouldn't have fixed. For free.
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