Pulling to the left

[mgp1969]

Have noticed recently (mainly because it would be hard not to) that my S pulls a bit to the left under braking. Am a bit of a luddite, so assume this means that the pads on one side (the right?) are a bit more worn than the other.

Any thoughts from those of you who know more about these things would be appreciated.

And, if it pads, any suggestions for what I should replace them with (or, more likely, pay someone else to replace them with)?

Thanks

Martin

[GreenV8S]

It probably means that one of the calipers has seized, or more likely the slider has jammed. Bad news if you have to stop in a hurry, and worth fixing sharpish.

[mgp1969]

Cheers, sounds like good advice, although it sounds as if when I get it back from having the chassis cleaned and rustproofed it will be back in for the brakes.

Good job I walk to work at the moment, then.

[WonkyGibbon]

GreenV8S said:

It probably means that one of the calipers has seized, or more likely the slider has jammed. Bad news if you have to stop in a hurry, and worth fixing sharpish.

Would just echo GreenV8S here - a seized caliper under light braking is an annoyance - but under heavy or emergency stop breaking can lead to major brown trousers as the pull gets progressively much stronger.

WG

[Colin Blues2]

Be aware of the road surface too as a poor one or one with a lot of camber can give the impression that the car is pulling to the left.

there's a stretch on my normal route home that does this so much that when I'm in the TVR I go a different route!

Find a quiet straight flat road and try some gentle braking there.

Colin

[z_chromozone]

The is also the possiblity that one of the brake hoses has partially collapsed, this happened to me on an old VW I had.

Z

[WonkyGibbon]

Colin Blues2 said:

Be aware of the road surface too as a poor one or one with a lot of camber can give the impression that the car is pulling to the left. there's a stretch on my normal route home that does this so much that when I'm in the TVR I go a different route! Find a quiet straight flat road and try some gentle braking there. Colin

I had a similar experience to this earlier in the year. Several bits of road - where the pull to the left went just a little bit crazy. Turned out that the camber was accentuating a problem with the tracking. A trip to Austec sorted it out. Your car shouldn't do this if it's properly set up.

WG

[Colin Blues2]

You've not seen the road A testament to the impact of HGV's down country lanes, poor maintenance and service companies digging trenches. They've just put a sign up saying that it will be closed for a whole weekend, hopefully they are going to re-surface it.

I had the geometry fully sorted out but it's always bad on that section - I notice it in the Alfa too.

Colin

[Rower]

Tyre Pressure ?