itsmeagain5789

alright, ever since i redid my brakes a couple months back, it seems like whenever i apply them, the truck likes to swerve over to the left. I've checked tire pressure, gotten it aligned, i just added new hoses up front yesterday, and they still do the exact same thing. nothing has changed at all. heres the thing, when i redid my brakes, i took my left rotor to by buddys shop to get it resurfaced. well, i didn't really know how to use the brake lay real well, so i kinda messed up the rotor a little bit, but i looked at them yesterday, and they look normal now. anyway, i'm pretty sure its not the rotor because the brakes would be vibrating whenever i apply them. it scared me the other day because i had to drop my cell phone when i was talkin to someone and grab the wheel with both hands. again, it only does it when i brake, its perfectly straight when i dont brake. anyone had this problem? its driving me nuts now!!!

itsmeagain5789

bump? anyone???

rentedmule

one of your calipers could be seized. check to see if either one of your front wheels are hot after driving around for awhile, if one is then your caliper could be dragging on that side. They can probably seize open as well.

Barnstormer

Well...
Air in one line? bleed the brakes all the way around really well.
And, you really should'nt turn, resurface, or replace just one rotor. Always replace in pairs. The different surfaces between the two mess with braking.
If it were me, I'd replace both front rotors.

Just my .02
B

fthertime666

have you messed with the axle nuts? If one of your lock nuts is too tight
it will do this. plus it will make it pull to that side. Mmy junk used to do that

itsmeagain5789

i bleed the brakes after i replaced the brake lines, I also checked the temperature. the one on the right is about 5 degrees warmer, which is nothing. it looks completely normal. looking back now, I did mess with the axle nuts, but that was a few months before this started happening. if it was something in the suspension, it would be doing it all the time right? correct me if im wrong.

JEBSR5

Check the rods that go through the pads for straightness. You might want to wire brush those rods down also. The reason I mention this is that one of mine was slightly bent and holding one of the pads closer to the rotor or not returning all the way, thus less distance to travel and making one side grab guicker. Hope I'm clear on this, but feel free to ask questions.

itsmeagain5789

it was the calipers, all fixed now. i paid 75 for both. feels like a new car again

SwampThing

Check your tires too. Maybe you have a slow leak in one of em. I forgot to inflate one of my front tires after airing down while mudding a couple weeks ago. Anyhoo, I got on the road, and had to slow down real fast, and nearly swerved right into oncoming traffic.

CJM

Either one caliper is siezed or one of them inst working as fast as the other.

I had the same problem in my T100 and it turned out that I needed to put a whole new set of brakes on after we put on new calipers (to correct a frozen one) and turned the rotors, and replaced the lines.

It's your pads or the calipers.

Edit: NM, glad you fixed it.