Bobcat698

I have a bad pull to the right when braking.
If I hit the brakes while going 60MPH, I can merge to the left lane in about 35 feet..

What can I do to remedy this?

Thanks!

Captain

how are your pads, rotors, calipers? I replaced pads/rotors on both of our trucks and they stop much straighter now. neither really pulled that hard though but mine did pull a bit to the right when breaking but I think it was the stock rotors were just crap and wore poorly.

Bobcat698

Have a rear disk-brake conversion and the pads on the back are good.
I replaced the pads and rotors on the front over the summer, they are already around 1/2 wear in 15k miles..

Captain

as far as the ware.. you have an automatic. 30k probably isnt to bad. I think were getting 80k out of our fronts and 200+ out of the rears. Well if you've replaced the pads and rotors (the hard part) take a look at the calipers maybe one isnt functioning to well. I'd assume its the front breaks causing the pull. And this is only when you hit the breaks correct? it dosent pull at any other time?

Bobcat698

Yep, the pull is only when on the brakes. I am very hard on brakes too..
I took my tire off to work on an axle seal and I burned my palm when I set it on the rotor.

These calipers have a different type slide pin setup.. should I grease the slides maybe?

Captain

I think slide pins are always suposed to be hit with a break grease. at least I always lube mine. Also the surface where the caliper slides against the caliper bracket. its possable maybe one caliper isnt slideing as well and not putting as much force on the rotor? I know I had a caliper that wasnt releaseing so well but i lubed it good and it seems to be ok now. I'm going to escape from work now so ill check back with you in an hour or 2. Good luck with it!

MDMIKE

You said you took off your wheel to replace an axle seal? Check to make sure you didn't get a "pigtail" in your brake line when you put your caliper back on. Make sure your brake line is heading straight into the caliper, and not in a corkscrew shape. I made that mistake with my old gas truck and it caused a nasty pull to one side. I also have a buddy that works at a tire shop and he said the first thing they do with Dodges that have a brake pull is swap front pads from left to right. If that helps it, then replace the pads. HTH, let us know what cures it.

MIke

mr T

could be a number of things....wheelbearing/hub....allignment....uneven tires.....track bar gone bad....brakes too of course...look for leaks...

i just had the steel line that goes to my rear brakes burst a couple weeks back ....turns out i even had an internal leak for a year already inside the hub....never could see it and never saw a drip...the hub was flooded....u have disks i know...but just goes to show ya it could be stupid things

best of luck

sawmillman

A lot of the time the culpert is the flex line going to the front brakes. It is starting to plug up and not send the brake fluid to the front wheels with equal pressure. That will also make your rotor very hot as it will not completely relax when the brake pedal is released. Replace the line in pairs. An easy check is have both wheels off the ground and have someone press the brake pedal. Have them release the pedal and quickly and see if you can easily turn the tire. Then try the other side. You will find one of them very hard to turn.

Bobcat698

Thanks for the info Sawmillman.
Are you talking about the lines that actually connect to the calipers or other lines?
I have stainless braided hoses connected to the calipers.

Bobcat698

I should also note that if I hold onto the steering wheel, I have no problem overcoming the pull and it is barely noticable... But if I let go of the wheel and brake hard, WOAH!

Cummins Freak

where did you buy the calipers because i found that if you use napa parts they wear out alot faster then heavyduty ones that you can buy from dodge. i went through 1 set and my dad ended up filping his diesel because a napa caliper seized up at 70+ mph now all we run are the dodge parts and have had no problems

infidel

Check the track bar, I run into the left pull while braking all the time when it's worn out.
A rear brake problem will cause just as much pull as a problem in the front.
It could be pass rear or driver's front that is giving the problem.
If the problem isn't happening until you've stopped a few times a caliper isn't retracting and is heating up.

Bobcat698

Lukes link installed, its tight yet.

Bobcat698

They are heavy duty oversized calipers from EGR.