Braking issue, need help
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Racer
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 316
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From: Michigan
Braking issue, need help
My car seems to want to dive/pull right when I hit the brakes. When I let off, it goes back to the left/center, and all is well. I checked the lines to see if there is ant type of damage, I found nothing wrong. I was hoping it was a sticky caliper, but nothing is showing me proof of it.
So far I have done the following to eliminate possible issues.
New pads and rotors all the way around. I inspected the used set, all were evenly worn front and back. No change.
Swapped the front shocks in the front side to side. No change.
Swapped front calipers side to side (Willwood). No change.
I just ordered new rear calipers (stock) to see if there will be any change.
If the new rear calipers do not make everything good again, my thoughts are the following.
ABS unit somehow not working correctly.
Broken rear mount at the trans/diff.
Broken motor mount(s).
I've never seen anything like this, I'm at a loss.
So far I have done the following to eliminate possible issues.
New pads and rotors all the way around. I inspected the used set, all were evenly worn front and back. No change.
Swapped the front shocks in the front side to side. No change.
Swapped front calipers side to side (Willwood). No change.
I just ordered new rear calipers (stock) to see if there will be any change.
If the new rear calipers do not make everything good again, my thoughts are the following.
ABS unit somehow not working correctly.
Broken rear mount at the trans/diff.
Broken motor mount(s).
I've never seen anything like this, I'm at a loss.
Drifting
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,692
Likes: 489
From: Denver, NC
My car seems to want to dive/pull right when I hit the brakes. When I let off, it goes back to the left/center, and all is well. I checked the lines to see if there is ant type of damage, I found nothing wrong. I was hoping it was a sticky caliper, but nothing is showing me proof of it.
So far I have done the following to eliminate possible issues.
New pads and rotors all the way around. I inspected the used set, all were evenly worn front and back. No change.
Swapped the front shocks in the front side to side. No change.
Swapped front calipers side to side (Willwood). No change.
I just ordered new rear calipers (stock) to see if there will be any change.
If the new rear calipers do not make everything good again, my thoughts are the following.
ABS unit somehow not working correctly.
Broken rear mount at the trans/diff.
Broken motor mount(s).
I've never seen anything like this, I'm at a loss.
So far I have done the following to eliminate possible issues.
New pads and rotors all the way around. I inspected the used set, all were evenly worn front and back. No change.
Swapped the front shocks in the front side to side. No change.
Swapped front calipers side to side (Willwood). No change.
I just ordered new rear calipers (stock) to see if there will be any change.
If the new rear calipers do not make everything good again, my thoughts are the following.
ABS unit somehow not working correctly.
Broken rear mount at the trans/diff.
Broken motor mount(s).
I've never seen anything like this, I'm at a loss.
1) Bad tire/separeted - swap side to side and redrive.
2) Bad brake hose. Usually happens from age or hanging/dropping calipers by hose.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 316
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From: Michigan
I have hangers for my calipers if I have them off for some reason.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 316
Likes: 21
From: Michigan
Another thing that a friend had mentioned to check is my bushings on the right front. While I would think I would hear and feel that when I hit a bump, I will still check them. I replaced all of my A-arms just a couple years ago.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,096
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From: Fredericksburg Virginia
I worked on a Ford POS a couple of years ago. They had new tires put on a Walmart. Then when they were bringing it to me for AC work, they said car was braking and pulling to the right. I tested it and it was doing that so I started troubleshooting. One of my steps was to bleed it out and thats when I noticed that nothing was coming out of the left caliper. I cracked lines all the way back to the ABS module. Nothing was coming out. I ended up going to pick-a-part and finding a matching one and swapped it out. Problem solved. Now I assume since you swapped calipers that you had to bleed them out so you were getting a similar amount of fluid out of each side. Can you get a pressure checking device and put it on there to see what the pressures are at the brake pads/rotors?
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2022
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From: In the woods
2024 C5of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
^^ This. I have pretty much no brake pressure in the rear as discovered on quick jacks applying brakes while in gear. This was before I replaced all rubber lines, all calipers which were rebuilt with pistons and seals and rotors with C6 J55 units. Problem still exists, I feel it is my fried EBCM (I have a 2K) not allowing adequate pressure to the rear calipers, everything bled good.
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