car pulls to the right slightly when pressing brakes

Eldorado · 05-15-2007, 02:00 PM

what would cause the car to pull to the right slightly when depressing the brakes?

Icey1174 · 05-15-2007, 02:39 PM

Sounds like the right side is grabbing more than the left. Possible air in the lines, a caliper hanging up on the left side, a bad caliper on the left side, a leak on the left side. Check the pads, the rotors, and the lines. If the pads and rotors are good all the way around try bleeding the lines.

My brother was complaning of the same problem. Turns out he has a bad line on the oppsite side that the car was pulling.

#391 · 05-15-2007, 03:12 PM

All good info. ^ ^ ^

Check your tire pressures too. It sounds overly-simple, but a low tire on the right front could produce similar symptoms. It's a cheap and easy thing to check...my favorite kind!

Icey1174 · 05-15-2007, 03:15 PM

Simple problems are the best ones to have!

blk924s · 05-15-2007, 04:25 PM

definitely check the tire pressure- that happened to me with a slow leak a couple weeks ago. My car also pulled slightly to the right during braking before I changed out my old rotted control arm bushings.

hpaulb · 05-16-2007, 10:53 AM

Have you inspecded the pads. They will usually tell you if one side is grabbing more. This problem is seen with stuck caliper slide rails.

mlue · 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by Eldorado
what would cause the car to pull to the right slightly when depressing the brakes?

Kyle, take the car for a drive taking care to use the brakes from time to time, when you return home feel the side of each front wheel to see if they are roughly the same temperature. If one is noticable warmer than the other you have a "sticky" caliper and it may require rebuilding or replacement. I do this on all my cars with disk brakes, easy way to tell if you have caliper that are starting to seize up. As expected the rears will run pretty cool compared to the fronts.