Re: [T3] Pulls to right......

["Jim Adney" <jradney@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

On 25 Mar 00, at 22:08, Skibeatle3@aol.com wrote:

> Hey everybody, I got a brake question for you.  About a week ago my brakes 
> started pulling the wheel to the right when I came to the end of my braking. 
> (So much that I can brake AND turn around some corners without touching the 
> wheel!!) I'm not sure if one side is tighter than the other or if one side is 
> worn more than the other or what.  Any way I look at it I need to fix it. 

After you've taken it for a drive, CAREFULLY reach through the holes 
in the wheels and feel the temp of the rotors (you can also do this 
with the rear drums). If one of them is so hot that you burn your 
finger that caliper is frozen, probably with rust. It must be rebuilt 
or replaced. I can rebuild these fairly cheaply.

It is also possible that you have a bad flex hose to the hot caliper 
that allows fluid in, but not out.

If none of them are particularly hot then your pads are probably just 
worn out on one side. They are rather easy to replace; check your 
manual. If one pad is much thinner than the rest that is a sign that 
its piston is seizing up and that caliper needs to be rebuilt.

-
Jim Adney, Associate Researcher
Plasma Physics Group, Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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