Brakes pulling
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Columbia South Carolina
Brakes pulling
Hello Everyone,
All of a sudden friday,my brakes started "pulling" to the right.What should I start looking at to resolve this problem? Thank you all in advance.
tankman
All of a sudden friday,my brakes started "pulling" to the right.What should I start looking at to resolve this problem? Thank you all in advance.
tankman
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Ann Arbor Michigan
Look for bad rubber hose to front brake. Restricted due to age. Also, sticking caliper pistons due to rust in the bore. What year? (would help if you filled out your profile so we know what you have).
Racer
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Old Monroe, Mo
Just went thru that. FYI Zip sells each individual line it you don't want to buy them all.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Long Island New York
If your brake hoses are all original I would change them all at the same time and re-bleed the brakes.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Lubbock Texas
Also check to see if you have a leaking caliper. The pads will get soaked with brake fluid. Just got through dealing with that. My right front caliper was leaking & when I hit the brakes it would pull to the left.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Marietta GA
Just a thought and you should check the obvious brake stuff first, but I had a severe brake pull to the left and it turned out to be the left front inner bearing race spinning in the hub. I bought another hub and that fixed the problem.
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2005
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im having the same problem with it pulling to the right.
i had this problem show up last year right before i put the car away, but never got a chance to get to it.
this summer when i got the car back out, the problem was gone. now after about 150 miles of useage, the problem just showed up again.
i had this problem show up last year right before i put the car away, but never got a chance to get to it.
this summer when i got the car back out, the problem was gone. now after about 150 miles of useage, the problem just showed up again.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Columbia South Carolina
I haven't found the time to get started yet,but I sure hope it's not a bearing race.I wouldn't know where to begin fixing it.Thanks to both of you guys for responding.
Instructor
Joined: May 2006
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From: Kennesaw GA
Suspension...
Also take a look at your front suspension. Check to see if you are missing any shims from the A arm shaft. A buddy of mine had one fall out and during braking the whole arm would shift and cause it to pull.