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Hi stuart, don't know if you remember me. I
told you about a similar problem to your wobbling brakes
on my 306 some time back. I had the hub changed which
sorted the problem. Anyway, looking throught your
website, I notice that your problem didn't come back, and
you didn't change the hub, is it still OK? I've just
bought a 406 2.1td which had
new discs 30k ago (just over a year). The brakes are
wobbling over 70 mph braking and I also get the different
braking levels at low speed. The latter is what bugs me
most. I was just wondering what's the severity of your
different braking level at low speed, also do you get any
wobble at high speed braking now. Last one, when were the
discs changed last? I'm just wondering whether to change
the discs myself and scrub the hub with a wire brush and
see how it goes, or take it to the garage first as last
and spend a small fortune on hit and miss
trouble-shooting, as I did with my 306
I'm trying hard to remember what the Peugeot dealer told me about my brakes. I think I have subconciously blocked it from my memory - it was such a traumatic period of time ;-) I think they wanted to replace the hubs but I'd had enough of them at that point and wasn't going to let them do anything more.
So no new hubs. I think I am on the 3rd set of discs
they fit, the last set being fitted in February 2001
(117k miles). I am not convinced that my brakes are
perfect, maybe new hubs would fix the
problem. But I think the discs have now 'bedded in'. I
feel quite secure braking quickly down from 70mph with
little if no vibration. Also, the difference in braking
force at slow speeds seems to have
disappeared. I'm happy to leave them alone now (140k
miles)
I heard on the newsgroups that sometimes the hub flange is just 'dirty' and if not cleaned properly can cause a new set of disc to warp very quickly. I wonder if that's what happened with me. Peugeot fitted the first 2 sets of discs without cleaning the hubs properly first. I think on the 3rd time of changing the discs they gave the hubs a really good clean and hence the problem disappeared.
My advice, if you've changed brake discs in the past, have a go but remember that important hub flange cleaning. If the brake judder has reduced but not gone entirely, live with it a few months and see if it appears to be getting worse or better. If it's getting better, you've done a good job. If it's getting worse, take it to a good garage (so not a Peugeot dealer). Tell them what you've done and see if they can help. They might end up having to change the hubs for you but I think your problems will be solved then.
