Re: 72 GTV pulling to the right when braking

["Henrik Hasager Johansen" <hjohansen@domain.elided>]

I'm not sure that blowing out brakelines with compressed air is such a good
idea. Moisture and brakefluid are not the best of friends...

Henrik


> > Brian,
>
>     you're reasoning makes perfect sense to me. But I've had the same
problem for
> some time now.
>     I've replace the left caliper. i've blown the line out with compressed
air,
> I've even replaced the master cylinder. It didn't occur to me to replace the
rt
> side caliper - it seems to work TOO well but at this point i'll try
anything.
>
>
>
>
> > From: "Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>
> > Subject: RE: 72 GTV pulling to the right when braking
> >
> > > You have a sticking piston in the right hand caliper. It won't
necesarily
> > > leak, but it it sticking. It could be a little rust in there.
> > > Take the brake pads out, and try to pry the pistons back, the one
> > > (or more)
> > > that is difficult, if not impossible, to get back is sticking.
> > > Now you know
> > > which one it is and to fix it you can do several things. If it
> > > gets loose by
> > > prying it back you'll be OK for some time. Otherwise you'll need
> > > to rebuild
> > > that caliper (or have it rebuilt, or get a rebuilt from IAP or somesuch
> > > source)
> >
> > If it pulls to the right when braking, I'd suspect a frozen *left*
caliper
> > (if the right caliper is the only one working, the car will pull to the
> > right).
> >
> > If it pulled to the right *after* letting up on the brake, then I'd
suspect
> > a sticking piston on the right side, but during braking indicates the LHS
> > caliper is not working.
> >
> > bs
> >
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