Wobbly Breaking!

[wanty1974]

The family workhorse (Mondeo 1.8 TD) has developed a worryingly noisy wobble when breaking from anything above 25mph, which can also be felt through the steering and sometimes when going round roundabouts.

It's had so much done in the past six months, it's got to be something not fitted correctly. To get it through its MOT alone it needed new break pads & shoes, suspension wishbones plus ABS rollbar something or others. It's just had two new front tyres with all the tracking and balancing done.

Any ideas? I'd hate to think the missus would end up in the Taff after a hard day spending my money in Marks & Sparks.

[beano500]

Can't be of much help but it must be a right b*££3r to have a broken Wobbly.....

[m-five]

You could check that all the wheel bolts are tightened correctly, also get the wheel bearing checked!

[dontlift]

wanty1974 said:

To get it through its MOT alone it needed new break pads & shoes, suspension wishbones plus ABS rollbar something or others. It's just had two new front tyres with all the tracking and balancing done.

Well for a starter given the above here is a list of possibles.

1/ incorrect tyre pressures
2/ suspension bushes any play in these would have the effect (but little in the way of noise)
3/ wheel bearings (if worn they could allow movement and make a good grinding noise)
4/ miss aligned suspension (given the work you have had done this is possible)

mose likely is a combination of bits and peices of the above - get it all checked out very thoroughly.

[edc]

If pads were changed out of necessity, were the discs warped or badly scored?

[v8 westy]

if it only happens when braking i would say you have warped discs, but if it happens over 40 it may be balance, track, balljoints etc.

[Plyman]

Brother inlaws Mondeo had same problem turned out to be worn discs. Not exspencive to replace on Fords

[Plyman]

Sorry bad spelling I meen not expencive

[edc]

Plyman said:

Sorry bad spelling I meen not expencive

Are you being sarcastic? No offence if you are not.

[Plyman]

Not at all edc just a slip of the keyboard

[suparuss]

roflmao. Expencive, claccic!!



according to someone else, maybe not nessecarily true, but if your pads dont have anti squeal shims in em, its a good idea to put some copper slip between the pads and pistons?


Russ.