# steering wheel shakes violently when breaking
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [January 7, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185 "2012-01-07T13:01:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/1 "2012-01-07T13:01:41Z")
As the title says steering wheel shakes violently when breaking softly at about 40 mph. Any idea why
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/2 "2012-01-07T13:04:13Z")
warped disc?
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/3 "2012-01-07T13:08:17Z")
Wouldn’t it shake no matter what though
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/4 "2012-01-07T13:09:59Z")
Warped / bad rotors
/ thread
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### Author:  [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/5 "2012-01-07T13:18:21Z")
First of all what is breaking when you hit 40mph?
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/6 "2012-01-07T15:57:26Z")
Def sounds like brake related. Time to upgrade!
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### Author:  [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/7 "2012-01-07T16:09:14Z")
> [@\--- GRAND THEFT AUTO IV --- Thread!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/grand-theft-auto-iv-thread/47618/368):
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> Warped / bad rotors
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> / thread
There was a thread about this. Rotors don’t warp :lol
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/8 "2012-01-07T16:26:32Z")
Braking my bad on that but I’m almost positive its not the rotor because if I brake hard there is no shaking idk I’m stumped
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/9 "2012-01-07T16:52:15Z")
I am no mechanic, but if this happened to me and I KNOW 100% is not brake related; I would probably put the car on jack stands and make sure all the suspension/steering linkage is to spec and alignment is within spec.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/10 "2012-01-07T16:54:11Z")
wasnt this the car that needed balljoints or control arms?
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/11 "2012-01-07T16:59:00Z")
Yes replaced the ball joints and torqued everything back to spec. I’m wondering if it could be worn out tie rods or something else
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/12 "2012-01-07T17:47:34Z")
A bad alingment won’t cause a vibe , unless tires are causing ign. If the vibe is only when on the brakes its brake related if its in the steering wheel its in the front , if its in the pedal its in the reads , if its in the st wheel and pedal its the front lol . It could be a loose pad , slight warp in rotors , a Hung caliper slide etc .
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/13 "2012-01-07T18:24:53Z")
it’s probably an issue with the front rotors. They are slightly warped or have pad material built up on them somewhere. The pulsation isn’t there with a heavy brake application because the additional clamping force mitigates the issue. Measure the rotors for thickness variation anything more then .003 inch will cause a pulsation in the pedal and vibration in the wheel when the brakes are applied.
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/14 "2012-01-07T19:41:51Z")
Putting the car on a lift tommorow. Thank God for the army and access to a full garage for free!
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### Author:  [@aero93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/aero93)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/15 "2012-01-07T20:01:41Z")
common thing on bmw’s … thrust arm bushings are the cause but it seems as though its somesort of suspension thing
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/16 "2012-01-07T20:22:05Z")
Pad deposits embedded in rotors.
Replace or shim the rotors.
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/17 "2012-01-07T20:39:06Z")
Shim the rotors lol , I posted a pic on my Facebook. Just ti debunk the rotors don’t warp thery . Go look , rotors do warp !!!
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/18 "2012-01-07T21:41:23Z")
What about tension arm bushings being shot. Would that cause it
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### Author:  [@rexford\_flats\_racing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rexford_flats_racing)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/19 "2012-01-07T23:17:00Z")
Has it been tested for Carkinson’s Disease?
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### Author:  [@82exp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/82exp)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/steering-wheel-shakes-violently-when-breaking/262185/20 "2012-01-07T23:49:55Z")
> [@Ticket Insurance Could Mean Never Paying Another Speeding Ticket](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ticket-insurance-could-mean-never-paying-another-speeding-ticket/47711/34):
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> Has it been tested for Carkinson’s Disease?
That’s frickin epic
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