Pulling to right when braking
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One (or both) of your calipers is/are siezing up. You need new calipers and a brake fluid flush definately, new pads probably, and new rotors maybe. If you can remember before this happened, whenever you came to a stop (especially at higher speeds) did you ever feel a vibration in the steering wheel? If so then the caliper has been at least a little stuck for a while and over heated your rotor and it became warped. Thats the maybe part. The good news is the caliper change on the Ex is SOOOO easy and you don't need to pay a mechanic to do it.
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It's pulling because equal pressure isn't being applied to both sides when you break. I would start by pulling the calipers off and greasing the slide pins. My guess is they're dry (if not seized in the caliper bracket) and at the least dirty. I'd pull them out, hit them with some break cleaning fluid, and use some fine sand paper to remove any dried on debri's or light rust. Then grease them real good and make sure they slide in and out freely with no binding. If they're in really bad shape, look at getting them replaced. They should be greased and slide in and out of the caliper bracket with little to no effort. Make sure when you re-install that you get the rubber boot up over the lip to keep out moisture and debris going forward. Good luck! Just did my breaks 2 days ago, all 4 boots on the front calipers were not seated in the lip on the caliper bracket, they were pretty gunked up.
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It's pulling because equal pressure isn't being applied to both sides when you break. I would start by pulling the calipers off and greasing the slide pins. My guess is they're dry (if not seized in the caliper bracket) and at the least dirty. I'd pull them out, hit them with some break cleaning fluid, and use some fine sand paper to remove any dried on debri's or light rust. Then grease them real good and make sure they slide in and out freely with no binding. If they're in really bad shape, look at getting them replaced. They should be greased and slide in and out of the caliper bracket with little to no effort. Make sure when you re-install that you get the rubber boot up over the lip to keep out moisture and debris going forward. Good luck! Just did my breaks 2 days ago, all 4 boots on the front calipers were not seated in the lip on the caliper bracket, they were pretty gunked up.
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It's pulling because equal pressure isn't being applied to both sides when you break. I would start by pulling the calipers off and greasing the slide pins. My guess is they're dry (if not seized in the caliper bracket) and at the least dirty. I'd pull them out, hit them with some break cleaning fluid, and use some fine sand paper to remove any dried on debri's or light rust. Then grease them real good and make sure they slide in and out freely with no binding. If they're in really bad shape, look at getting them replaced. They should be greased and slide in and out of the caliper bracket with little to no effort. Make sure when you re-install that you get the rubber boot up over the lip to keep out moisture and debris going forward. Good luck! Just did my breaks 2 days ago, all 4 boots on the front calipers were not seated in the lip on the caliper bracket, they were pretty gunked up.
Thanks everyone
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