rodeo

Hi,

The smell if its a sticky caliper will be the brake pads overheating because its stuck against the disc.

Ask a friend or anyone who you work with about a garage that you can trust to do the job right.If theyve been ripped off they will also tell you where not to go ;)

So if its a sticky caliper what do they usually do , change the calipers or jst the brake pads , any idea about that and yeah is it an expensive job ::P

hi , ive got gs300 1994 , when i do 40 mph on it there`s a weird vibration in the steering , got the tyres balanced but still no luck and it only comes from the driver side and its feels as if something is rubbing againt each other and gives a bad smell aswell and when i brake at this speed the whole car vibrates very badly , i dont know what it is but im sure its from the driver side , before it used to happen quite rarely but now its happenin alot can hear strange noises aswell like (dag dag dag) but then suddenly it goes away . im really worred abt it . what can it be .

Please Help!!!!!

it could be either warped discs or the anti roll bar brushes need replacing, similar happened to me in my last car

yea ive booked an appointment with JEM(japarts) they are specialists in japanese car just off kingbury (london) has any one heard about them its opposite sainsbury i hope they can figure it out whats wrong with it .

They have a good reputation

Nice , hope they can sort it out .. thanxs mate

i had a similar problem on my mk1 when i first got it i also noticed that the gear lever was bouncing slightly when i heard noise and got the "jumping" from the front. With mine it turned out to be a sticking caliper on the drivers side.

I also get the clunk which i have been informed could be the sliding pins, i have just ordered some new ones so i should be able to tell you thursday if they cure it

Austin

so if its a sticking caliper , what do they do , do they chnage the caliper or they just change the brake pads.

any idea and yeah was it an expensive job

Hello

I've had my mk1 GS300 Sport for 2 years now and I wouldn't consider swapping it for the world, I absolutely love it :o)

BUT, a couple of months ago it started to clunk very slightly when I went over pot holes or grates in the road, then over a further couple of weeks it got louder and louder until one day it got really bad so I pulled over to the side of the road and called the AA.

When they came the nice man jacked the car up at the front end and had a good look around everything, he said he couldn't see anything wrong but the ball joints COULD be slightly warn on the passenger side.

On the stregnth of his exam, I put my car into a very well reccomended garage, he came back and said that the front caliper was slightly sticking but that was all, he freed the caliper and fitted new pads (the disks were fine), he charged me for the pads (£18) and £15 for labour - nice man :o)

The prblem went away for a couple of days but then started to come back slowly until I was back to square one.

I went out in the car yesterday and after about 20 mins driving the gearstick began to shudder and the whole car seemed to behave as if it was going over a cobbled road.

I turned round, came home and now I am wondering what to do.

Anyone got any ideas please, the garages don't seem to know whet to look for, all they can suggest is that they start to change out various parts until the problem is cured starting with a caliper, ball joints, control arms etc etc, the list is long and VERY expensive.

Thanks

Kate

hi have u been able to slove ur problem cause im havin it in my car its gs300 Mreg its soo annoying

hi , ive got gs300 1994 , when i do 40 mph on it there`s a weird vibration in the steering , got the tyres balanced but still no luck and it only comes from the driver side and its feels as if something is rubbing againt each other and gives a bad smell aswell and when i brake at this speed the whole car vibrates very badly , i dont know what it is but im sure its from the driver side , before it used to happen quite rarely but now its happenin alot can hear strange noises aswell like (dag dag dag) but then suddenly it goes away . im really worred abt it . what can it be .

Please Help!!!!!

it could be either warped discs or the anti roll bar brushes need replacing, similar happened to me in my last car

yea ive booked an appointment with JEM(japarts) they are specialists in japanese car just off kingbury (london) has any one heard about them its opposite sainsbury i hope they can figure it out whats wrong with it .

Hi and Welcome to the LOC :)

Does the vibration happen straight away when you first drive the car after its been left overnight? or

The longer/further and faster speed you drive the car the worst the vibration gets over time?

To me if sounds like a sticky drivers side brake caliper is the main problem,but because its been semi seized its warmed the disc giving the vibration.The disc might also be cracked from overheating.

Chips.

Yea sometime it happens straight away being left over night but noe its happening alot , the wheels shrudder alot , but what could be the smell , its like somethings rubbing against each other and yeah i can feel the vibration when i brake in the brake pedal aswell as in accelerator , could it be jammed piston in the brake calipers or what , im gonna take em to Kwick fit tommorow and see what they say abt it . Whats u guys suggest

hi , ive got gs300 1994 , when i do 40 mph on it there`s a weird vibration in the steering , got the tyres balanced but still no luck and it only comes from the driver side and its feels as if something is rubbing againt each other and gives a bad smell aswell and when i brake at this speed the whole car vibrates very badly , i dont know what it is but im sure its from the driver side , before it used to happen quite rarely but now its happenin alot can hear strange noises aswell like (dag dag dag) but then suddenly it goes away . im really worred abt it . what can it be .

Please Help!!!!!