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Brakes last 5K then shimmy & shake in front end 700 1990

posted by  someone claiming to be brainman on  Fri Dec 7 02:33 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I bought this 740GL wagon 7000 miles ago with 120K on it. I got all the receipts (Volvo maintained since new). For the last 35K, he had Volvo put new rotors and pads ($250) every 5K because of front end shimmy. I drive mostly highway(Last car my brakes went 65K)and rung up 5K in 2 months and the shimmy while braking started for me. Independent Volvo mech. said runout too much?, machined the rotors and lubricated caliper pins.I had him check front end and was told all looks OK. All was fine for 1K. Now shimmies on braking again. Had new tires put on when I bought it and everything balanced out. What are these guys not checking? I also notice a slight clunk and 1/2" pedal drop when applying light brake pressure backing down slight inclined driveway. Any correlation?





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New Brakes last 5K then shimmy &amp; shake in front end [700][1990]
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