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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 06:18 AM
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Default Steering wheel wiggles when braking

In the past month or so my girlies '98 3.8L Mustang has developed a wiggly steering wheel when braking. Especially when braking hard. But there isn't much, if any, pulsation in the brake pedal. I'm guessing that the front rotors are warped, but I'm wondering if there may (also?) be something wrong with the Rack-n-Pinion or something else. The brake pedal is fairly spongy, and I don't think the brake fluid has ever been bled let alone changed on it since it left the factory 130k miles ago. Maybe the spongy-ness in the system is absorbing the pulsating effect warped rotors normally cause. Opinions? Ideas? Thanks...
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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im gunna say warped rotors, and bled the brakes while your at it
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 03:50 AM
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Replace your rotors with some premium rotors.
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