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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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My 82 pulls to the left when I brake. I have replaced the front calipers and have bled, bled, bled, bled......still pulls. Sometimes its worse than others.
Would the rear calipers be affecting the fronts??? Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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See if the R/F caliper is working properly. Specifically check to see that it is releasing. Check by trying to spin the R/F tire by hand and then compare it to the L/F.
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Could be a colapsed hose to the RF caliper, so it's not helping and the left is doing all the work.
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My 82 does the same thing. I'm going to replace all 4 lines with SS lines. I think the rubber is old and collapsing. I may just go for the whole calipers, rotors, lines, and pads swap this fall.
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mine did the same thing after replaceing the calipers it was the rubber brake lines replace them both and if they havent been replaced before be ready to replace the steel lines back to the propotioning block
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Originally Posted by Fscott82
My 82 pulls to the left when I brake. I have replaced the front calipers and have bled, bled, bled, bled......still pulls. Sometimes its worse than others.
Would the rear calipers be affecting the fronts??? Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.
Thanks
OK... I just rebuilt my steering control valve, after which I balanced it, but didn't get it quite right, when I braked it pulled hard left. I did a little more adjustment and it tracks straight when I brake. I am not saying it is the steering valve, but it was in my case.
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