Brakes Pulse - Now What?

Last week, I got the GoWesty BIGGER-BRAKES kit and brand new brakes on the rear as well.  We took the van out to Leadville, CO camping and fly-fishing.  The brakes pulse each time the pedal is pressed.  After speaking with GoWesty and researching online, there are several things to check - enough that I'm just taking it back to Blazer Automotive to deal with it, since they did the install in the first place.  The things to check are:

1. Are wheel lugs over torqued?  Over-torquing warps the rotors prematurely.
2. Are the brake lines bled properly?
3. Are the rotors faulty to begin with?  Evidently, this can be the case with a lot of rotors!  They just aren't "true" to begin with.
4. Is it the front or the back?  You can figure this out by rolling the van and pulling up on the e-brake, which will tell you if it is the rear rotors that are pulsing or not.

Again - brakes are something I leave to the pros.  Looking forward to hearing what Blazer Automotive ends up finding with mine.

GoWesty BIGGER-BRAKES Installed

Last fall, I rebuilt my suspension and installed 16" GoWesty alloy rims along with GoWesty lifted springs :).  It looks like a SYNCRO now.  Hah!  Now, the 16" wheels are leading to some pretty expensive follow-on upgrades, unfortunately!  You see, this opened up the door to larger brakes.  I like GoWesty products because they just FIT.  So, I purchased the GoWesty BIGGER-BRAKES kit.

I like to say I do most of my own Vanagon work, but not when it comes to brakes.  I leave that up to the professionals!  Today, Blazer Automotive in Englewood, CO installed my GoWesty BIGGER-BRAKES and installed completely new *everything* on the rear brakes as well.  It stops on a dime now.  It was an honor to have Larry comment on my Subaru conversion as well.  Glad he enjoyed test driving those new brakes out! :)

GoWesty BIGGER-BRAKES kit

SHINY!

BIG!