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Car pulling left (94 GTP w/ ABS)


LuckoftheGTP

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OK here's the run down:

 

-Car pulls left

-easy to stear left, harder to stear right.

-Put 4 new rotars and pads

-Left rear calaper replaced (piston FUBAR)

 

Umm What now?

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Ok, did it pull before the brakes were done??? If not, they you have a brake issue... More than likely the front calipers, rear calipers wont cause too much pull unless they are locked tight.

 

If it pulled before, heres a checklist.

 

-Tire pressure!! 95% or pulls are due to tire pressure or condition

-Check tires for abnormal wear or age - Bad shape, replace tires

-Check tire load range, too low with age, will cause a pull - Replace tires

-Front end issues?? Replace parts

-All seems good, get an alignment. Check for excessive cross caster or cross camber, a shifter cradle will cause this issue from old worn cradle bushings.

 

If all is good, tires, suspesnion seems good, alignment shows spot on, you have memery steer which is a bitch to diag. The most common memory steer issue, especially with our cars is the front strut lower spring seat and upper mount.. And the good ol rack and pinion. What leads me a bit to that is the pull is the direction of the easier steer. A stuck spool valve in the rack can cause this..

 

But, I prolly wasted my breathe since it prolly didnt pull before the brakes were done :lol:

 

Of course, if your ABS light is now on, there are other steps needed to figure out the issue

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For some reason alignment places can't get my steering wheel straight. The car goes perfectly straight and doesn't pull or anything but I take it back and the wheel is the opposite way. It just goes back a forth everytime never right.

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For some reason alignment places can't get my steering wheel straight. The car goes perfectly straight and doesn't pull or anything but I take it back and the wheel is the opposite way. It just goes back a forth everytime never right.

 

Check the bolt that holds your steering column to your rack and pinion... Sounds like that might be loose

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For some reason alignment places can't get my steering wheel straight. The car goes perfectly straight and doesn't pull or anything but I take it back and the wheel is the opposite way. It just goes back a forth everytime never right.

 

On my Lumina I pulld the steering wheel and put it on straight. It's splined on but someone before me had the wheel off and didn't put it back on properly (even though they scribed a line where it was they didntline it back up!! lol)

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Yeah the breaks were done. Then about a month later the rear driver calaper locked. An extra tid-bit. When i give it gas it pull alot. This weekend Ill jack it up and check the front calaper and if anything look outa wak.

 

PS there isn't any noticable wear on the tires.

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