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Old Sep 6, 2002 | 06:20 PM
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Question Weird vibrations

Hi all-
Just several days ago I started getting some steering wheel vibration at 60mph+. The weird thing about it is when I drive for 10-15 mins, it just completely disappears. I am sure it has nothing to do with tires, because I do experience braking degradation… The rotors seem to be ok visually… Before I take everything apart this weekend, anybody experienced similar problem and/or can give me any advice?
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-SC300 ’95 owner.
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Old Sep 7, 2002 | 02:30 AM
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power steering pump/fluid?
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Old Sep 8, 2002 | 09:43 PM
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84GTS,

It may be possible that your engine mounts need checking (seriously). I've had that problem as well but I haven't had a chance to get it fixed yet
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Old Sep 9, 2002 | 10:19 AM
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Ok, looks like I got one jammed caliper piston. It was quite an effort to push it back..... No wonder my Left Front rim was getting slightly more dusted than others... I guess I'll be ordering a new caliper from Autozone now...
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... somebody mentioned that it could be the warped rotor. The rotor actually looked pretty good from both sides. I think the vibration was caused by the fact that there is a gap between the pad and the normally operating piston that retracts and the bad one holding the pad really pushed to the rotor... Autozone has the caliper for $50, so replacing it hopefully will solve my problem.
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