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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / February 2007

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2001 ford explorer front-end shaking

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ericwatterson@gmail.com - 12 Feb 2007 02:10 GMT
Last week I had the brakes replaced in my 2001 Explorer Sport...new
pads all around, new rotors in the front, and turned rotors in the
back.  The first time I got on the interstate (60+ mph), I noticed a
vibration and a low-frequency noise coming from the front end.  The
vibration and the noise both increase significantly when I hit the
brakes.  Also, the vibration gets worse if I am turning slightly to
the left (still at highway speed only), but not to the right.  The
vibration is not constant; it only happens for the first 20-30 minutes
after I get up to highway speed, then it goes away and driving feels
normal.

I've talked to a few people, and gotten a different possible
explanation from each of them.

1.  separated belt in a tire
2.  bad bushing
3.  something wrong in the steering linkages...ball joints, tie rods,
etc.

I guess it could be any of these things, but one thing doesn't make
sense...why did this suddenly start after I got my brakes replaced?

Any thoughts on what could be wrong?
HJI - 19 Feb 2007 16:52 GMT
On Feb 11, 6:10 pm, ericwatter...@gmail.com wrote:
> Last week I had the brakes replaced in my 2001 Explorer Sport...new
> pads all around, new rotors in the front, and turned rotors in the
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> Any thoughts on what could be wrong?

I had the same problem with my 2001 SportTrac. Both times after I had
the pads replaced, I had shaking in the front end.  It went away after
some low speed street driving, about 20 miles.  After that, I was able
to take it back on to the freeway.

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