Pulls to one side during braking....

Any issues relating to suspension, steering and brakes.

Pulls to one side during braking....

by King Calibra » Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:58 pm

The topic pretty much says it all....

New Pads, Rotors are ATE oval slotted... only about 6,000 miles on them. What could be causing the trouble?
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by wilko » Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:54 am

sounds to me like a seized caliper
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by Chavtastic » Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:00 am

One caliper is applying harder than the other... check the movement in both and the pad alignment.

If it's not that then it will be lower arm bushes or just the wheels are too wide and you are tramlining [img]/smile.gif[/img]
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by King Calibra » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:17 am

Just had the car run through inspection, to include a brake test. It passed with flying colors. Only about 6% difference between Left and Right braking forces. Any other suggestions? Would it be the bushings possibly? It also jerks to one side during hard acceleration, and wobbles terribly around 60mph.

I just had it up on a lift about a week ago, and I noticed that the sway bar has been totally disconnected from the left front lower arm. (I went under to check because I hear a loud "bang" when I go over bumps sometimes.

I also get loud popping when I turn the wheel, and the power steering is giving me problems. (I'm in pretty bad shape, huh?)
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by Robs-se » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:13 pm

Have you tried your tracking or your wheel balance could be out


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by mfw898y » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:09 pm

Sounds like you have same problem as me. Ive changed both lower arms and drop links and it still no better. The only thing that calms it down is over inflating the tyres which makes me think it may be something to do with camber maybe.?.
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by Dan Willis » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:51 am

I had a wheel bearing go on my Clio (which incidentally has gone again) and that caused the same problem.
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by kev208 » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:08 pm

worn suspension can make it pull all over the road during braking.
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