Anyone know much about cars??

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Car Talk. Car tips, advice, and troubleshooting.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

[flipv][/flipv]

 

[Mike80]

If either one of those can't fix it, the car is toast.

 

[Dryden]

STP does that too...duh. Richard Petty?? Are you doubting THE KING??

Stone Temple Pilots?

 

[buckeyebri]

Not a mechanic, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night

 

[BUCKYLE]

When I was your age, my car started fucking up. I drove it til the block cracked, then removed the v.i.n. and the tags and pushed it to a parking space in the apts across the street and left that bitch to rust.

 

[Mac]

Yeah I'm just about to say screw it...I don't know what else it could be since I replaced the brakes, rotors and the caliper. I'll just turn up the radio and call it a day.

 

[Dryden]

When I was your age, my car started fucking up. I drove it til the block cracked, then removed the v.i.n. and the tags and pushed it to a parking space in the apts across the street and left that bitch to rust.

I'm sure you didn't look suspicious at all, stumbling down the street carrying your orange license plates.

 

[osugrad21]

I'm sure you didn't look suspicious at all, stumbling down the street carrying your orange license plates.

 

[Deety]

Okay so here's my situation. About 3 weeks ago I replaced my cars (94 grand prix) back rotors and brakes. However, in doing so I found that the brake caliper piston had been getting stuck in the so called "out position" so that it was almost constantly braking. However, I would only notice the "thudding" while making longer trips aka from pickerington to work. So Saturday I replaced the brake caliper. And I did notice a bit of I difference in braking this morning going to work and it only made one noise and that was when I pulled into works parking lot. I believe my back shocks are aldo needing replaced here soon as well. Now my question is, if my car does start making the "thudding" noise again (like before) when I brake, what could it be since I replaced the old with new caliper, rotors, and brakes?? I may go for a drive during lunch to get a better grasp on the sound and I'll update with my findings.

It may not be the brakes at all. When's the last time you filled the flux capacitor?

 

[Tonyank]

well.......in the short time you had the bad caliper on you might have warped the rotor again....

Could also be a cv or hub going bad.

Try here....Brakes/Suspension/Chassis At Your grandprixforums.net

 

[utgrad73]

well.......

Could also be a cv or hub going bad.

Try here....Brakes/Suspension/Chassis At Your grandprixforums.net

Bingo - cv joint, or maybe its the proportioning valve.

 

[Tonyank]

Also check the blinker fluid, if not i can replace it all for 40 bucks

 

[Mac]

Okay so the "thudding" sound is only when I'm coming close to a complete stop, not during a quick push on the brakes. Also the "thudding" sound is only (this is going to be hard to explain) during one part of the rotation of the tire. And its kind of a cross between a "thudding" and a "grinding" sound. Also it doesn't ALWAYS do this every time. I did check and make sure the new rotor that I put on 3 weeks ago was not warped when I replaced the caliper on Saturday.

I'm to the point where I'm just going to turn up the music louder