Brake pulling to the right

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Mar 8, 2013 | 02:39 PM

2lionel

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Brake pulling to the right

Hey guys its me again, the other day when I got into my truck 2001 Navi, i was driving along and notice when I hit my brake the whole truck steered to the right. So to test it I took my hands of the steering wheel and it definetly pull one when I am hiting the brake any ideas what that could be? Thanks guys for any assistance with this. BTW and mechanic of these trucks on the MD,DC or VA areas give me a shout.

Mar 8, 2013 | 09:57 PM

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when I hit my brake the whole truck steered to the right.

Either brake fluid is leaking on the right side, which causes a grabbing effect, or a caliper on the left side is frozen and not grabbing.

Mar 12, 2013 | 11:24 AM

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When my 2001 Expedition did that last year, it was a collapsed brake hose. New hose fixed the problem.

Aug 25, 2013 | 01:03 PM

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Im having same problem, replaced right caliper and high pressure brake line now the caliper on right is stuck again, this makes 3 caliper in 4 weeks??? Should I be looking into the left side?

Aug 25, 2013 | 03:23 PM

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Im having same problem

1. Which same problem, bad hose, leaking fluid, pulling, etc?
2. If it's pulling, then which way when you apply the brakes?
3. Did you replace the front or rear caliper on the right side?

Aug 25, 2013 | 04:17 PM

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when driving it pulls to right also does it when braking. when you are going 30+ it makes a loud humming you can only hear inside the truck. when we jacked the truck up we found that passenger front wheel was seized. so we replaced the caliper and high pressure brake lines. (3rd time now) just 3 months ago we redid the bearing, rotors, ball joints, control arms and tie rods on both sides. then had front end aligned and tires rotated.

Aug 25, 2013 | 04:20 PM

repoinem

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and while humming/grinding sound it happening it has a strong vibration that you can feel in the gas and brake pedals and steering wheel. I have to take the truck 300 miles out of town for work in a week and need to figure this problem out.