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03-05-2009, 02:55 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Lawrence, kansas
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My truck told me what it wants me to fix next
Turns out the correct answer was brakes. For the last couple of days ive been driving home, truck has been pulling to the right. Yesterday, she got a little topsy turvy, but nothing bad. Today on the way to my buddies it felt like the wind was going a hundred miles an hour, turns out the wind was blowing pretty good at my side, so i ignored it, then my steering got loose one way and tight the other, so i thought maybe my tie rods were going bad. When i got to my buddies house, grabbed the flashlight, crawled underneath, and was greeted with smoke. First thing i do, pop the hood, coming from drivers side, looked for wires against exhaust manifolds, nothing. Start looking some more. Driver side caliper, hubcap was extremely warm, so i now at least have located the problem. As i stated earlier, the truck was pulling to the drivers side, and the entire way home it was bucking like a bent disc, which is more than likely made itself present. I assume the caliper failed, i cant remmber if i replaced the brake lines two years ago or not, that may be the culprit, and i know my rear brakes are crap, been meaning to change them for a while. So whats everyone's vote, going to pull it off tomorrow and see. Is is possible the caliper failed and bent the disc? I wouldn't think the wheel bearings failed, because that would have locked up the front drivers wheel completely, but hen again i cannot recall if i repacked them, or they looked good enough the last time i did brakes, which was two or three years ago. Theres nothing worse than the smell of burning pads.
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