No, this vibrating happened long AFTER I had my foot off the brakes. I
braked for the turn, turned, and THEN I felt this sensation.
I think the car was PLOWING, on corded, and possibly under-inflated tires.
Nonetheless, I'll have Lucy's doctor check it out.
Thanks for everyone's help!
Katie Kelly
Technical Publications
SPSS Bay Area
(510)412-2812
mailto:katiek@spss.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Caldwell [SMTP:william_caldwell@net.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:45 AM
> To: autox@autox.team.net; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Lucy has an ailment! (Miata Question)
>
> So both of you only have this problem with your rotors while you are
> turning and braking. I have always found warped rotors to be noticeable
> in a straight line, too.
>
> Depending on balance, the tires could appear to vibrate when stressed in
> a corner at the right speed.
>
> It could be a cycle of compression of some bushings, them being fully
> compressed, the tire giving for a moment due to the "car" no longer
> giving in, the bushings expanding during that instant, cycel repeats.
>
> Who knows, until you can describe the exact conditions, like min MPH it
> happens, max MPH, how hard you are turning at those speeds, is it during
> acceleration, or during braking, or during deacceleration (no gas or
> brake), turn conditions (radius and such), and "road" conditions!?
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Bill
>
>
> richard nichols wrote:
> >
> > Haven't been following this thread until now. Nevertheless, to confirm
> what
> > CHD says below, in my case (a 3000 pound SVO) I had those symptoms, too,
> and
> > changing out the rotors cured them 100%.
> >
> > Richard Nichols
> > rnichol1@san.rr.com
> > San Diego, CA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Smokerbros@aol.com <Smokerbros@aol.com>
> > To: kkelly@spss.com <kkelly@spss.com>; autox@autox.team.net
> > <autox@autox.team.net>; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 8:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: Lucy has an ailment! (Miata Question)
> >
> > >In a message dated 99-03-29 19:42:48 EST, kkelly@spss.com writes:
> > >
> > ><<
> > > Now, I noticed in the school that when Lucy and I entered some really
> > hard,
> > > torturous turn that Jean and Nick made us do over and over, that there
> was
> > a
> > > lot of vibrating in the front, which I thought was some sort of
> > understeer.
> > >>>
> > >
> > >What speed? Were you braking at the time? If you were braking when it
> > >happened and it went away when you got off the brake, it was probably
> > warped
> > >brake rotors.
> > >
> > >CHD
> > >
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