& on the right side. Check the RF Caliper to see if it's leaking. If not, buy 2 new front hoses(they are cheap) and bleed the brakes.
C3 Brake question. Help!!
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Cruising
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From: Marshall TEXAS
C3 Brake question. Help!!
Whe I first hit the brake pedal the car pulls to the left, no mater what the speed is. The other thing is that the pedal is very soft and has to be pushed almost all the way down for it to do anything. According to the person i purchased the car from it has a new master and booster cilynder. What do you guys think??
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Whe I first hit the brake pedal the car pulls to the left, no mater what the speed is. The other thing is that the pedal is very soft and has to be pushed almost all the way down for it to do anything. According to the person i purchased the car from it has a new master and booster cilynder. What do you guys think??
How is the rest of your brake system?
1-brake pads
2-has system been bled?
3-was master cylinder bench bled?
4- are rubber hoses in system in good shape?
5-calipers ok?
There are numerous items that could cause the "pull"
It might be a good idea to check out the entire system to eliminate problems...
Racer
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Check to see if the brake caliper is leaking. If it was the booster or master cylinder seems like the car would just take longer to stop and the pedal would go to the floor. If it is pulling -it seems to be isolated to the corner.
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I had this happpen in my 76 which turned out to be a driver side upper control arm bushing. All the rubber came out of the bushing and left a ton of play. This came about suddenly. Everything was fine while driving thru town then it started pulling to one side under braking.
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Mine was pulling hard to the right. I wound up with a really leaky left front caliper and a kind of leaky one on the right. Changed both calipers, purged the brake fluid and bled. It now works great now. See this post. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1770257
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I will try to work on them on my next days off. I was thinking about going in with all new calipers and hoses. What do you guys think? Before I do that I will bleed them and see what kind of results I get out of it. I'll let you knoe what the outcome is. Thanks for the help!
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Putting on the SS hoses may help with two of the recommendations.
1 was older rubber hoses that expand under pressue, and the other was bleeding the brake system.
If you are going to replace the hoses, then you will end up bleeding the system anyway.
That will eliminate those two variables. The next item would be to inspect your brakes for any signs of leakage from the caliper/piston area.
kdf
1 was older rubber hoses that expand under pressue, and the other was bleeding the brake system.
If you are going to replace the hoses, then you will end up bleeding the system anyway.
That will eliminate those two variables. The next item would be to inspect your brakes for any signs of leakage from the caliper/piston area.
kdf