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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 11:40 PM
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Default Front brake issues
Anytime I apply front brakes they pulsate like crazy. It feels like the rotor is f##$ed up. I really got on them hard to avoid a deer a little while back and soon after I noticed this ****. I just purchased new pads although the present ones look ok. Anyone with a guess as to what it could be?
 
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You hit it in your second sentence.
 
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i have the same issue with my 05 Road King Custom, calipers were rebuilt could it be the rotors
 
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 09:37 AM
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If your rotors are warped you can get pulsing during braking. Had it before I changed rotors; old ones were within 5 thousandths of minimum thickness - contributing vactor to warping.
 
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Warped rotor. Had to replace mine at 25000 miles.
 
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