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2013 Chevrolet Suburban
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Old June 7th, 2017, 8:08 AM
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New rotor new pads. Fine for a day then started pulsing again.
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Probably something to do with ABS. Is the ABS or brake light on?
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No light.
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what model year and engine?
Its this a high speed brake shake or does it happen at slow speeds only?


If its the latter, is the abs pump activating? if yes, you have a false activation from a wss signal fallout.
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03 suburban... 5.3. A little bit of pulse at slow speeds. Really bad at high speed
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is the pulse felt in the steering wheel or brake pedal?
did you replace front or rear rotors?
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mostly in the pedal. some in the steering wheel. I replaced the rear rotor
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replace the front rotors
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Was wondering if replacing the front rotors did any good? I am having the same problem with my 03' Tahoe
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I cleaned and lubed the pins. Seems to have fixed the problem.



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