pulling under braking - not caliper

[james_gt3rs]

Have you checked all the brakes or just the front. Also the rear wheel alignment?

[SebringMan]

HazzaCrawf said:

Did it only pull under braking? The clio tracks perfectly straight when off the brakes even if it feels a bit 'unsteady on its feet'.

Ah, yes, good point!

It pulled pretty much all of the time!

EDIT : I've just seen that you changed the discs and pads. How easy was it to slide the pads in? If it was hard that is almost certainly your problem. If yours has slider plates corrosion and crap builds up beneath them and effective seizes the pads in. In a really bad case they can ruin a perfectly good set of discs prematurely.

How were yours? Mine were terrible despite having new brake discs and pads. With a fully cleaned up caliper carrier with new plates with ceramic brake grease (I've not had much luck with the copper stuff!) all was well.

It details it in my thread . There is an off chance that your brake pipe has become semi blocked but I doubt it.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...

Edited by SebringMan on Monday 24th October 09:37

[HazzaCrawf]

SebringMan said:

HazzaCrawf said:

Did it only pull under braking? The clio tracks perfectly straight when off the brakes even if it feels a bit 'unsteady on its feet'.

Ah, yes, good point!

It pulled pretty much all of the time!

EDIT : I've just seen that you changed the discs and pads. How easy was it to slide the pads in? If it was hard that is almost certainly your problem. If yours has slider plates corrosion and crap builds up beneath them and effective seizes the pads in. In a really bad case they can ruin a perfectly good set of discs prematurely.

How were yours? Mine were terrible despite having new brake discs and pads. With a fully cleaned up caliper carrier with new plates with ceramic brake grease (I've not had much luck with the copper stuff!) all was well.

It details it in my thread . There is an off chance that your brake pipe has become semi blocked but I doubt it.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...

Edited by SebringMan on Monday 24th October 09:37

New brake hardware was fitted and fully lubricated when it was fitted. I also double checked a few weeks ago and pads seemed to move freely with little issue; slider pins have also been greased thoroughly

Thanks to all who have posted by the way:

I'll throw some new tyres on the front and report back...your comments have all been taken into consideration

Thanks guys

[HazzaCrawf]

Hi all,

New tyres were put on the front yesterday - Avon ZV7s because the other two tyres are also Avons and I couldn't have a mismatch! The car feels transformed - a lot steadier on its feet, plus the steering and general road noise is smoother and quieter.

As for the pulling under braking; the tyres appeared to have cured this, although I haven't yet had much chance to test it, but feeling more optimistic! According to the tyre fitter, the old Lanvigator ditchfinders were "fked" and probably produced some odd handling characteristics due to the uneven wear on both sides.

One more thing - I had the tracking re-done because I've had new tyres even though it was already done a couple of months ago. The mechanic noted that the adjuster nut, presumably for the track rod end was seized and sheared one of his spanners in half while trying to loosen it. Surely it wouldn't be seized up again in a few months?

Anyway, I'll do a more thorough road test and confirm that the pulling's stopped. Cheers all!