More on my bad brakes

More on my bad brakes

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haynes

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370 posts

244 months

Thursday 30th September 2004
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My brakes are pulling to one side. Ive got 4 pots and s discs on the front and there is loads of pad dust on the front wheels. I havent got round to fiddling with it yet, but if a back wheel cylinder has gone, is that enough to cause it to pull?

Cooperman

4,428 posts

252 months

Thursday 30th September 2004
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No, the problem must be at the front, the back brakes do very little work (except when handbrake turning!).
I had a problem with pulling brakes once. After stripping and re-building the calipers, fitting new discs and pads plus checking the geometry, it turned out to be a flexible hose which had an internal split, not visible on the outside, and that hose was swelling locally causing more pressure on one side than the other. I guess the hose would have ruptured eventually. Change to Aeroquip for a permanent fix of that potential problem, although I guess it's pretty rare.