Mudderoy
01-28-2011, 08:59 AM
This is one of those gray areas. I'm having a breaking issue but pretty much everything I have on the Jeep now is aftermarket.
Basically I have a pull to the left that is more pronounced during hard breaking.
It virtually disappeared when I put new shocks on the front but came back after a few days. I noticed it because when I went to stop I was turning the wheel to the right (out of habit) and I wasn't continuing to go straight, I WAS TURNING!!!!
I had to do an emergency brake job last night so I went ahead and replaced lines and calipers.
The lines are those fancy braided stainless steel ones.
Anyway everything changed and it still pulls to the left. I was really surprised. I expected it to feel different.
When looking at the old pads I noticed that the pads on the driver's side were gone and into the metal. The passenger's side still had a little longer on them. Not a bunch, but certainly not near the metal.
So this means the driver's side is doing more work and that is the side it is being pulled to. It could also mean the passenger's side isn't doing as much work.
Do they make an adjustable proportioning valve that I could use to balance the pressure on both sides? Maybe I'll looking at the solution wrong.
Basically I have a pull to the left that is more pronounced during hard breaking.
It virtually disappeared when I put new shocks on the front but came back after a few days. I noticed it because when I went to stop I was turning the wheel to the right (out of habit) and I wasn't continuing to go straight, I WAS TURNING!!!!
I had to do an emergency brake job last night so I went ahead and replaced lines and calipers.
The lines are those fancy braided stainless steel ones.
Anyway everything changed and it still pulls to the left. I was really surprised. I expected it to feel different.
When looking at the old pads I noticed that the pads on the driver's side were gone and into the metal. The passenger's side still had a little longer on them. Not a bunch, but certainly not near the metal.
So this means the driver's side is doing more work and that is the side it is being pulled to. It could also mean the passenger's side isn't doing as much work.
Do they make an adjustable proportioning valve that I could use to balance the pressure on both sides? Maybe I'll looking at the solution wrong.