Pulling a bit to the left
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Pulling a bit to the left
Just a quick question. I had my truck aligned around 12,000 miles ago when I had a bunch of front end components replaced. I have since installed new rotors, pads, and put on new tires. My truck is pulling a smidge to the left and if I take my hands off the wheel when I brake, it seems to pull a bit more. So the question is, is this an alignment issue that gets accentuated at slow speeds while braking? Or is it a brake system issue thats dragging and causing the pull while driving? There's no noises going on at all. Thanks for the help and if I should put his in another section, please let me know. Thanks.
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So I'll get an alignment and see if things improve. What do you mean by tires can cause this?
Last edited by russ10screw; 06-11-2010 at 05:53 PM.
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I have had tires cause a pull to one side or the other. Whether caused by a belt shift in the tire or something else, the only way to tell it is atire is to rotate to the other side and see if the pull changes.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the input. I'll talk to the shop again and see about an alignment too. If it were say the caliper sticking a bit, would I get a noise in addition to some pull or not necessarily? Thanks again.
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You may not get any noise until it is down to the rivets if a stuck caliper. If a stuck caliper, you will get heat, even without a lot of braking. If when you stop, especially after highway driving and the wheel is hot enough you can't touch it, it may be a caliper. You may also get vibration even without the brakes on.
Last edited by kingfish51; 06-12-2010 at 07:08 AM.
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You may not get any noise until it is down to the rivets if a stuck caliper. If a stuck caliper, you will get heat, even without a lot of braking. If when you stop, especially after highway driving and the wheel is hot enough you can't touch it, it may be a caliper. You may also get vibration even without the brakes on.
Last edited by russ10screw; 07-12-2010 at 12:35 AM. Reason: added stuff
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Thanks for your response. So you are leaning towards caliper as well? I haven't had it aligned yet as I said I was planning to in earlier posts. The shop I trust is reluctant to have me pay for another alignment without trying to diagnose other possibilities first. I'll give them a call this morning and see what they suggest now, I just don't know what to look for anymore myself and want someone with real knowledge to take a look. Thanks for your help!
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If it is truly in alignment, then yes I would guess it would be the caliper. How are the brakes wearing? Any excessive where on the side it is pulling to? Something else to check is bearings and ball joints. Make sure they are not worn, something they should be able to check during an alignment.
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Ok. Well, as far as I could tell when I looked at the pads and rotors yesterday, they looked great. Nothing to note out of the ordinary. I'm hoping its not the bearings or ball joints because those have been replaced fairly recently. Just out of curiosity, if it were a brake issue, would brake lines be a possible cause? And back to the more pertinent question, would you spend the money on alignment to rule that out first? I have new tires since my last alignment so it can't really "hurt" to get an alignment other than paying for it.
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Thanks Kingfish. I really appreciate all your input. I'll report back after I talk to the shop. Thanks again for taking time to answer.