Honda Tips
Avoid the shakes: always use a torque wrench to tighten your wheel nuts.
Ever hit your brakes and the
steering wheel starts to shake? This is the result of warped front rotors.
The cause of the warp is having different torques on the wheel nuts. The rotor
is a disc, which gets very hot when the brakes are applied. When the disc cools
and you have inconsistent tension on the lug points around the disc, it
will bend or warp. That's why you should always use a torque wrench -- if
you make sure the wheel nuts are at the same torque, you'll avoid the
shakes.
What Can I Do?
If your ABS light goes off when you start the car and then comes right back on before you move the vehicle, or it never shuts off: the problem is most likely a leaking ABS pump. With a leaking pump, the right amount of fluid pressure can’t be built up in the ABS system. The only way to fix this is to replace the pump. We have the parts available -- give us a call.
However, if your ABS light comes on immediately after you start moving -- this is a different problem & we will address it next month.
