Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 13:40
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - Prince23

Hi All,

When just lightly applying the brakes I experience a sort of judder. Imagine how it feels when something is catching, its that type of problem, I get it worse at high speed but its also noticeable when crawling along with the brakes lightly applied. I have brand new O.E discs and pads all round (back brakes only fitted yesterday) so I'm certain its not a warped disc.

Any ideas what else it can be?

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 13:51
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - MrEckerslikefromRamsbottom

Has to be a warped disc surely? Jack up each front wheel and spin the wheel by hand. Is the judder coming from the front wheels?

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 13:55
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - Prince23

Maybe describe it as a judder is the wrong word, it feels more like its catching, especially as low speed, at high speed then yeah it probably is more of a judder. I cant pinpoint exactly where its coming from, but like I say all discs and pads are brand new and I had the problem before/after new brakes.

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 15:38
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - csgmart

Maybe the new brakes were not fitted correctly? Who fitted them?

It's really important to thoroughly clean the mating faces when fitting a new disk to a hub. If there is trapped dirt/rusk then the new disk may not run true which would cause a problem like you are experiencing.

Otherwise some/all of the new disks are warped.

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 19:16
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - Cyd

I'd agree with cs above. Check the runout on the discs and ensure they are properly fitted to the hubs. When fitting new discs I wire brush (in a drill) the hub surface and clean down with white spirit or brake cleaner. Even a small amount of foriegn matter can affect disc alignment.

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 19:22
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - Collos25

While having all the discs checked have a look and test at all the ball joints and suspension bushes.

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 12:06
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - Prince23

The discs were fitted by Midlands VW who are very reputable VW specialists within the midlands. I might run it back in and get them to double check the discs and have a look at bushes/track rod ends etc

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Sat 19 Jan 2013 23:38
Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking - Crasher

I have had and seen a lot of problems with so called OE discs warping, for a time I went back to nothing but genuine but recently I have dipped a toe in the Pagid pool to see what happens. Dirty and corroded wheel bearing hubs can cause new discs to warp but it has been a problem even on cars where they have been fitted fastidiously.

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