willsy Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 lexus is200 new brakes fitted 2 months ago and in the last 2 weeks its started to judder when braking from 40 mph to 30 mph also knocks intermitently when cornering slowly or going over bumps. can anyone give me any ideas as i dont want to take it to the local lexus dealers for financial reasons!!!! ive had both front wheels off cleaned up calipers etc checked disc thicknesses all seem to be ok, im lost. HELP please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 lexus is200 new brakes fitted 2 months ago and in the last 2 weeks its started to judder when braking from 40 mph to 30 mph also knocks intermitently when cornering slowly or going over bumps. can anyone give me any ideas as i dont want to take it to the local lexus dealers for financial reasons!!!! ive had both front wheels off cleaned up calipers etc checked disc thicknesses all seem to be ok, im lost. HELP please. Hi ya.. Where are you in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 lexus is200 new brakes fitted 2 months ago and in the last 2 weeks its started to judder when braking from 40 mph to 30 mph also knocks intermitently when cornering slowly or going over bumps. can anyone give me any ideas as i dont want to take it to the local lexus dealers for financial reasons!!!! ive had both front wheels off cleaned up calipers etc checked disc thicknesses all seem to be ok, im lost. HELP please. Hi ya.. Where are you in the UK? im from sheffield. have read lots about you apparentley your the man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear would this be easy to do or is it a garage jobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear would this be easy to do or is it a garage jobby Was going to suggest "bring her in for some free diagnostics" but Sheffield is quite a trek. Is it possible you can take the car to a local MOT testing centre and have the brake performance measured front/rear... Offer the tester a fiver and get some valuable diagnostics so we can help?.... Leave the knocking complaint for now, we will deal with that later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger440 Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear would this be easy to do or is it a garage jobby Was going to suggest "bring her in for some free diagnostics" but Sheffield is quite a trek. Is it possible you can take the car to a local MOT testing centre and have the brake performance measured front/rear... Offer the tester a fiver and get some valuable diagnostics so we can help?.... Leave the knocking complaint for now, we will deal with that later. Re the judder, has the disc runout been checked? Is it within spec? Was it OK when fitted, but developed over time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsy Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear would this be easy to do or is it a garage jobby Was going to suggest "bring her in for some free diagnostics" but Sheffield is quite a trek. Is it possible you can take the car to a local MOT testing centre and have the brake performance measured front/rear... Offer the tester a fiver and get some valuable diagnostics so we can help?.... Leave the knocking complaint for now, we will deal with that later. taking it in next week will update then. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsy Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear would this be easy to do or is it a garage jobby Was going to suggest "bring her in for some free diagnostics" but Sheffield is quite a trek. Is it possible you can take the car to a local MOT testing centre and have the brake performance measured front/rear... Offer the tester a fiver and get some valuable diagnostics so we can help?.... Leave the knocking complaint for now, we will deal with that later. took it in this morning got a call 25mins later that they had found problem it was a balance weight had fallen off nearside wheel had both wheels rebalanced no vibration at all, didnt cost a penny either as i get my tyres form this guy. superb. just the knocking to be sorted which the garage says is probably a off side ball joint so still waiting for estimate. thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 might not be the brakes at all ..... IS200 ball joints have been known to wear would this be easy to do or is it a garage jobby Was going to suggest "bring her in for some free diagnostics" but Sheffield is quite a trek. Is it possible you can take the car to a local MOT testing centre and have the brake performance measured front/rear... Offer the tester a fiver and get some valuable diagnostics so we can help?.... Leave the knocking complaint for now, we will deal with that later. took it in this morning got a call 25mins later that they had found problem it was a balance weight had fallen off nearside wheel had both wheels rebalanced no vibration at all, didnt cost a penny either as i get my tyres form this guy. superb. just the knocking to be sorted which the garage says is probably a off side ball joint so still waiting for estimate. thanks guys. Result.... Unusual though but result nevertheless... Regarding the knocking be sure to check the "drop link" these historically knock and only cost £30 to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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