Car jumps when you apply brakes on a 94 chevy cavalier with manual transmission?

1994 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
300,000 MILES
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MIKELS3
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It feels like the clutch isn't pushed in all the way but it is. Does't do it all the time just when ever it thinks it wants to. And I have noticed it doing it once after I had washed it but doesn't do it in the rain.
Nov 6, 2011 at 8:12 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Does the steering wheel shake when hitting the brakes?
Nov 7, 2011 at 6:07 AM
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MIKELS3
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I couldn't actually say. It doesn't seem to. The whole car****** back and forth just as it would if you were taking off and not releasing the clutch and giving it enough gas at the same time.
Nov 7, 2011 at 9:13 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Sounds like you have some warped rotors or drums.
Nov 7, 2011 at 9:19 PM
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JCMATTERS
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warped rotors or drums or possibly sticking slide pins if it is 4 wheel disc brakes.
Nov 8, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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