will disabling ABS help Bid in brakes

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I just replaced the ceramic pads on my 2003 pathfinder 4 wheel DR captive rotors, the rotors had some rough surface yet within specs of thickness however they stopped well and even until I replaced the pads, now the truck has steering wheel shudder , I did bid them in right , I cleaned the rotors real good after I notice about 2 black spots on the rotor after about driving 400 miles around at slow speeds say 50 mph , so I sanded then clean and resprayed with the brake cleaner and it did get a little better. , still the shudder which stops shuddering at a 6 mph . my question, if I disable my ABS will the pads Bid in better and faster? then I can reconnect the fuse for the ABS when all is well or is this just a useless thought.
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Just a few thoughts. Using the large type font isn't necessary. I've adjusted your post to the standard size, and I deleted the duplicate thread you just created. We'd like to keep things focused to get you the best assistance, so opening multiple threads doesn't help. If you don't feel this forum is where the topic belongs, please let a forum Mod or Admin know and we can move it.

suzonka
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ok

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I don't think disabling the ABS would help anything, and it may have unexpected/undesirable results if you do. The shuddering is most certainly from a warped or uneven rotor, which can happen to rotors due to age or abuse. Cheap rotors are very prone to it, but it can happen to spendier ones too. My suggestion would be to simply buy new ones since they can be had for super cheap, pretty cheap, and still affordable.

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thank you and I should also start with new-pads ?


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