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The short story - 70 Squareback Replaced all the brake hoses, pads, calipers, wheel bearings about 1.5 years ago. The car has always pulled slightly to the right when braking. Week Master cylinder, tried to re-bleed several times over the past year, finally the master cylinder went out altogether, would not even pump enough to beed at all. Just replaced the Master Cylinder - bench bleed and all - no air left. Bleed all wheels in the right order - all wheels had great flow, no air. Took it for a drive - Really pulls to the right now, at least double what it did. If I let go of the steering wheel the wheel will start to spin when you brake hard. I can feel that the fronts engage way before the rears now. I can hear both fronts starting to lock up at about the same time - I think. I must adjust the rears, I don't think I had much front braking for some time. I'm sure that the rears have been taking all the load. Have not adjusted rears since going thru them 1.5 years ago. I checked the wheel play with a side load while up on jack stands and I believe that the right wheel has too much play and I must tighten the main bearing nut. Tie rods are OK as I replaced the left side that was bad. Alignment though not checked by a professional has seemed to be OK. No excessive tire wear etc. Has Tracked straight the past year with no drift, though after replacing the left tie rod ends I do drift to the right now, will get that adjusted. Question - What would be causing me to pull to the right so much - wheel bearing play a big factor? Pads? or is there some other suspension part that could be doing this. Minor alignment adjustment do this? Thought I would give you all as much info as I could. I have done many brake jobs/master cylinder replacements etc. on other cars and never had this type of pulling problem. Help me out. Chris Picknally 70 Auto, Sun Roof, Squarback ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org