Brake job, now brakes pull the car left

SPOHN

I had something similar happen on my truck. Worse at high speeds. I sort of ignored for awhile.

But when I went to fix it, it was defiantly a stuck piston. So if it's pulling to the left it's going to be the caliper on the right with the stuck piston. Well, that was my case. I assume brake systems could play various types of games on you. The pad was wore down to the wear indicators on the left side while the right was hardly wore. Being older truck I just replaced both calipers.

But yea check for uneven wore pads, then bleed hole system again, and check tire pressure.

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ChrisSlicks

For a truck with a floating caliper (what most cars and light trucks have) it would be a stuck caliper slide pin, not a stuck piston. But in this case with sport package the caliper is fixed, base is sliding.

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SPOHN

Oh ok. Same principle I assume.

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ChrisSlicks

More or less, just could have saved yourself a few bucks in that case and just got the slide pins Although sometimes they seize up in the bracket so you have to replace that too (but not the caliper). I've had a stuck piston on my truck calipers a couple of times, you know that is happening because you'll smell burning as the pad drags on the rotor generating a lot of heat. I can usually fix that with a $2 piston seal.

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