Poss Brake Bind?

[Neil Hunter]

Hi everyone, my first Lexus is200 (I've wanted one for ages!)

Everything seems to be ok, except i seem to have a judder when braking at speed (60-70mph) It only judders for a few mile an hour then seems to sort itself.

I did at first suspect the discs, except when looking through the history, they had new discs last year. I know it could still be them but I wanted other peoples opinion first.

I've been reading for a few weeks before joining and wondered about what seemed to be a common fault with the calipers binding. This would make sense given the relatively rubbish mpg (I was just gonna swallow it! Approx 23mpg)

Unfortunately I've not had chance to get it in the air as yet to check, but as I said, I wanted to ask opinion first.

Thanks for reading,

Neil

[jomo]

A binding brake can cause juddering through the wheels, it will heat up the disc, making it bigger so it catches the pads!

Had this prob a few months ago it was so bad i stopped the car one night as i thought a wheel was about to come off!

[Neil Hunter]

Cheers for that mate.

If i'd have looked a few pages more, I'd have seen more people were having trouble with this too!

Think i'll bite the bullet and replace discs and pads first (again!)

[jomo]

Off topic, but do you live in Morecambe by any chance, as i went to school with a Neil Hunter?

[Neil Hunter]

No mate, I went in school in a mixture of places, namely Blackpool, Barrow-in-Furness and Kent (which is where i live now)

However, get me his DOB and Address, i could do with the credit rating! Lol

[jomo]

LOL, i now live in Blackpool, and have relatives in Dalton!!

[Neil Hunter]

Small world mate ain't it! I've still got family in Barrow and Dalton, and my sister and husband have a car sales place on Blackpool Road, Preston!