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right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:16 AM
okay , my car(03 sunfire) shakes at 75 miles per hour , i went to an alingment shop they told me that the aligment is good , right on the specs , and i'm thinking about my right side caliper because when i changed the brakes on the front i noticed that the interior pad is shaved on the at about 30 degrees (not temperature) more at the bottom than at the top , but the outside pad is okay , is there any problems with the brakes on sunfires or cavs ????
by the way the car now has 45169 miles


any help will be appreciated

Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:11 PM
Does it shake when you're braking or just accelerating?


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Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Friday, April 20, 2007 7:49 AM
shakes when i brake until until i hit 60mph

when i accelerate off the line no it does not shake ,

this other day i went with the music off just to listen to the car , and i can constantly hear a squiling to the right side front , and if i hit the brakes i hear it louder
Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Friday, April 20, 2007 1:50 PM
When was the last time you changed your brake pads?


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Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Friday, April 20, 2007 3:32 PM
about 6000 miles ago
Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Saturday, April 21, 2007 4:52 PM
Marian Belea wrote:about 6000 miles ago


Might want to go and see a technician about your pads and just to make sure, your calipers.

I know my car shakes like a bitch at high speed braking but I am positive it's cause of my brake pads that I have neglected to get done for a while now...


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Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Friday, April 27, 2007 11:55 AM
did you replace the rotors? how many miles on the car? did you put the pad in the caliper properly? alot of things could have caused the shaking



Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Saturday, July 28, 2007 6:38 AM
both slider bolts are nice and clean, maybe one is not sliding back and continues to rub even after you release the brakes!
Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Monday, September 03, 2007 5:42 AM
yeah i just started on this site and i been a mechanic in the military for almost 4 years now and the problem wit the shakin couls be ur shocks or struts being bad or possibly and idle arm or could be simple as ur wheels being out of balance.not hard to fix for a mechanic just bring it to ur local shop or if u had lowered ur car or cut the springs u might want to put some new shocks and struts on it their not hard to change out.......
Re: right side caliper 2003 sunfire
Monday, September 03, 2007 5:48 AM
yeah and shakin when u brake is cuz last time u had ur brakes done they never resurfaced the rotors or u just brake to hard and over time ur rotors get warped and when ur brakes sqeal its cuz theres a little metal thing that hits the rotor when ur pads get too low its kind of like a warning sign to put new pads on...brakes arent hard to do if u need help wit anything id love to help....
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