ok everybody, i'm new here. great web site!!! i'm far from being a mechanic but like to do minor jobs myself. i'm having a problem with my 04 ram and i'm not sure where to start looking. recently the steering wheel started sitting to the right a little while i'm driving straight. a couple weeks later i started getting some vibrating in the steering wheel when braking. it also feels as though the truck is hopping up and down when braking. it's been leaking power steering fluid like a lot of newer rams but i haven't crawled under to see if its justa leaky hose. i'm thinking the brake problem is a caliper. i hate taking it to a mechanic without being able to tell him exactly what needs to be done. anybody have an idea what i should be looking for?

 

Steering off center is likely an alignment issue ....hit any potholes lately ???

brakes can be warped rotors or a sticking caliper ...If you feel like doing it yourself I'd pull the rotors and see if the shop can turn them ...They might come back and say can't turn them (too warped or too thin)

 

my 04 bounced when i braked so i bought power slot rotors and hawk metallic pads. never had a problem since. i tow a trailer every day for work, and a car on race day.someone told me the rotors on the rams were junk (a mechanic at a dodge dealer) so i just changed them out.