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Pulsating break pedal

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Hi, i lowered my bus 40mm allround, and started to get pulsating pbreak pedal..did anyone else come across this and what did you do to solve the issue...

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I always thought that was caused by warped brake discs.

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No, I am a engineer and measured disc and they are well in tolerance....it's something else...i am doing investigation..

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Loosen all the rear wheel nuts and retorque them carefully in two stages. 90 then 180nm in the correct order.

T25s are really fussy when tightening the rear wheel nuts (At least mine is)

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Thankyou for everyone's advice....

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I had this problem. It was caused by uneven wear on the rear wheel hubs causing the rear brakes to pulsate. Replaced those and the problem went away.

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When I had the same issue it turned out to be a damaged rear tyre .
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Mine was a warped rear drum caused by a rear cylinder seizing. New drum sorted it. (+ cylinder)
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Tyre Bulge was a problem on mine too.

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