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Thats one of the reasons I do 15thou top and bottom. No need to swap back and forth to different feeler gauges.
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If it's pulling to one side, that's a front brake issue.
How are the brake lines (hoses and steel) on the front? I've had rubber hoses deteriorate and restrict the flow applying and releasing the brakes. I had a blow out from brakes dragging, one wheel on a rear axle got so hot the tire melted.
I know you've been doing quite a bit of modifications to your suspension... I know this might seem like a stupid questions but: is everything tight? I have seen several times where (on cars and light trucks) bad/loose ball joints and tie rods cause a nasty pull when braking. Also, how are your wheel cylinders? Is your right side hub/drum getting hotter than the left?
You might want to start there. The last 3-4 cars I've worked on that had a pull when braking had loose suspension parts (one had a loose tie rod, the most recent was an extremely loose lower ball joint) beyond that its either locked up calipers, slide pins (which don't apply to you), or bad lines. I know it might be hard to tell with a Deuce, but is it a dive (meaning the truck veers off without the steering wheel turning), or an actual pull (it jerks the steering wheel)? Typically speaking a dive would indicate a loose or worn out component versus a pull would indicate something in the actual braking system. That's a rule of thumb and not necessarily always true.Everything was put on tight but it obviously wouldn't hurt to go back and check again. I know the ball joints feel good as I've worked with the tie rod lately while installing the air assist and I also greased everything a couple of weeks ago.
I've also wondered if the air assist has contributed to the severity of the pull since it has made the steering a little looser.
I probably haven't driven the truck enough to see a difference in heat as I really don't want to drive it much like this. It does fine with normal braking but if I had to do a panic stop I wouldn't be able to keep it in my lane. I'll jack up the front tire, spin it, hit the brakes, and see if it releases fine.
Yeah, you probably just found your problem..
The fact that I've looked at all mechanical aspects and have found nothing coupled with the fact that if I'm already in the pedal and I hit it hard it still pulls right makes me think its got to be fluid delivery. This made me think about what may have changed on the fluid delivery left to right. All new lines on the axle are the same. I didn't change either wheel cylinder. However, the 90 degree fitting on the back of the wheel cylinder on the driver side stripped when installing the new lines. I took one off the rear axle I had sitting in the floor and replaced it. I took the one that came off and compared it to the other one still left on the rear axle and there was a difference but it was opposite of what I expected. The one that came off the front had a smaller hole than the one that came off the rear. After examining closer it looks like it may have been a piece of the end of a brake line that sandwiched in there but it wouldn't come out. Anyone know if these 90 degree fittings are different on the front and rear axles?
Picture: top came off the front driver side before I drove the truck 6 weeks ago, bottom came off the rear axle.
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