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Re: 1989 ford crown vic pulls after new brakes installed
| lugnut | 13 Apr 2005 11:47 |
>car pulls hard left. I have had it back to the shop 4 times. New pads, >new caliphers, new rotors, new seals, repack bearings, new wheel seals, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >light, stop sign, etc., it then pulls severely. Anybody have any >suggestions? Thank you. I have seen this a couple times as a result of a faulty calipre. The problem is one of the calipres is not fully releasing resulting in those pads being warmer than the other side as you drive. When you apply the brakes, the warmer pads are already up to optimum braking temperature intead of needing a couple of turns to get there. The only fix I have seen is to replace both calipres because you basically have no way of determining whether the problem is a tight or loose piston or a bad casting. Also, the brake flex lines to the wheels can do this if the inner liner separates resulting in a "check valve" effect retaining pressure on one of the brakes even when released. The result is the same. I have seen this occur right after a brake job where the tech either dropped the calipre while it was still attached to the hose or simply left the calipre hanging by the hose instead of tying it up with a wire to support it while the brakes are being service as they should be. I suspect the calipre is your particular problem since you say it needs to be driven a bit before the problem occurs.
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| gyrene | 13 Apr 2005 00:03 |
car pulls hard left. I have had it back to the shop 4 times. New pads, new caliphers, new rotors, new seals, repack bearings, new wheel seals, cleaned and adjusted rear brakes. Car can be driven a few miles and it will not pull. All of a sudden when braking, it will pull. If I slam on brakes it doesn't seem to pull. When I brake normally, i.e., traffic light, stop sign, etc., it then pulls severely. Anybody have any suggestions? Thank you.
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