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One of the most irritating problems I have had with cars is that of
vibrating brakes, particularly when slowing at low speeds.  This seems
to be a natural misfeature of disc brake design, as it has happened in
every car I have ever owned.  To some degree, this is caused by uneven
wear on the disc surface, which in turn causes the brake calipers to
vibrate; eventually, this vibration makes it back to your foot on the
pedal.  The standard answer to this problem is to take the brake discs
off the car, and put them on a special cutting lathe to even out the
surface of the disc.  At best, this has minimized the problem for me,
leaving me unsatisfied.

I took my car to the 4Day tire store in Irvine to have them turn the
rotors ON THE CAR, a process they said would actually stop the
vibrations.  The people there said standard off-the-wheel turning
doesn't cure low-speed brake vibration because it stems from wide
spots on the disc as well as corresponding imbalances on the axle or
wheel.  This time, IT WORKED!  I heartily recommend this procedure to
everyone reading this group.

On-the-wheel disc turning costs a little more than off-the-wheel
turning -- $40 + parts per axle -- but is well worth it.  My car only
needed the front wheels turned, so it ended up costing less than what
I at first thought it would.  (A possibly unrelated problem with the
car pulling to the left vanished as well.)

So far as I know, only the Irvine 4Day has this machine (of all the
4Day stores).  Other tire and alignment shops may have one as well,
but I don't who they are.  Of course, the natural disclaimers apply: I
don't work for 4Day (obviously), nor does anyone I know.
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