need caliper help
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or one of your rubber brake hoses is old and has lost it's strength,so when you apply the brakes it swells like a ballon instead of applying the pressure in the line to the caliper. if the left brake line is old and doing what i just described, the left caliper will have less clamping force than the right and the truck will pull right.
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I'd say your left caliper is not clamping hard enough. Take a look at the wear on your pads and see what's going on.
This is why I stress the importance of brake fluid flushes and nobody seems to listen. brake fluid is hygroscopic and absorbs moisture like a sponge. ver notice when you get brake fluid on your hands, they feel very dry...The fluid has sucked the moisture right out of your skin. Moisture is bad for a few reasons.
1.) moisture makes brake fluid a very corrosive and will rust your pistons in your calipers
2.) lowers the boiling point dramatically(vapor lock can cause lots of issue's such as a sticking caliper)
3.) becomes very spongy and inturn response time lags
4.) moisture alters the viscosity
Periodically flushing your brake fluid keeps your system in check and in proper operating order. Easiest method is a one man bleeder. Continue bleeding until fresh fluid comes out of each caliper. Just make sure not to touch the pedal to the floor as that may score the seal inside brake booster from contacting rust. Why rust? Because your brake pedal never goes down more than 1/2way...ever. Pumping as far as 70% is max. Stick a board under the pedal if you have no control or depth perception.
This is why I stress the importance of brake fluid flushes and nobody seems to listen. brake fluid is hygroscopic and absorbs moisture like a sponge. ver notice when you get brake fluid on your hands, they feel very dry...The fluid has sucked the moisture right out of your skin. Moisture is bad for a few reasons.
1.) moisture makes brake fluid a very corrosive and will rust your pistons in your calipers
2.) lowers the boiling point dramatically(vapor lock can cause lots of issue's such as a sticking caliper)
3.) becomes very spongy and inturn response time lags
4.) moisture alters the viscosity
Periodically flushing your brake fluid keeps your system in check and in proper operating order. Easiest method is a one man bleeder. Continue bleeding until fresh fluid comes out of each caliper. Just make sure not to touch the pedal to the floor as that may score the seal inside brake booster from contacting rust. Why rust? Because your brake pedal never goes down more than 1/2way...ever. Pumping as far as 70% is max. Stick a board under the pedal if you have no control or depth perception.
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it wouldN'T have a problem such as a brake caliper piston pushing TOO MUCH.
but you could have a problem with a caliper NOT pushing enough.
i would take your left side caliper off and try and push your piston back in then you will find out if its siezed or the piston boot is swelling.
usually what happens is the piston seal/boot starts to seep fluid out when its siezed for a period of time and starts little cracks in the boot.
if your piston slides in easy and pushes out hard you might have a problem in a pinched brake line. as in it restricts the flow one way.
if its easy all around, as in slides both in and out easy it might be a slide thats siezed up
but you could have a problem with a caliper NOT pushing enough.
i would take your left side caliper off and try and push your piston back in then you will find out if its siezed or the piston boot is swelling.
usually what happens is the piston seal/boot starts to seep fluid out when its siezed for a period of time and starts little cracks in the boot.
if your piston slides in easy and pushes out hard you might have a problem in a pinched brake line. as in it restricts the flow one way.
if its easy all around, as in slides both in and out easy it might be a slide thats siezed up