Excellent heads-up reminder post.

Reps.

Stewart

 

I missed this thread but Misky6.0 has the best analogy. The first thing you need to do next time is turn the wheel as hard as you can in the same direction while gently turning the key......................It's happened to me before too.

 

Post #3 above said the same thing just minutes after she first posted. But when she wasn't strong enough, I told her to get her neighbor to help, who wasn't home, hence the ratchet straps.

Stewart

 

Coffee needed

 

Before I start a new thread....ugh I am going to start here. Since god gave me some common sense and my steering column locked up yesterday. Below is a video I just took on my way back from the post office this afternoon. First I drove the truck since last night when the column got locked.

You know when you got a sticky caliper or a brake issue and it pulls a bit one way when you stop? HAHA mine almost put me in opposite side of the road/ditch the first time I hit the brakes going faster than 10mgh. Carefully returned home and took these two videos on the way.

The first one is just a really short clip me not touching the wheel and hitting brakes firmly from 15mph, I tried not to touch the wheel at all but you can see me grab it at the end to avoid the neighbors yard.
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Second one is longer and I stop twice, once a cars turn my way and I have to counter steer at the stop sign 17 seconds in but it's kind of hard to see, at 38 seconds is a good shot of how bad this is...
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Got back took a quick look under to make sure I wasn't pouring all my brake fluid out somewhere - nope. Walk away cus'n and slamming doors, pondering bricks and tall cliffs and other forms of violence, while I wait for it to cool down enough to work on.

SO any words of wisdom that come to mind?
Sometimes on a side road "uneven" will get some slight pull in this truck always have, but as of yesterday never anything like today.

New calipers and rotor in last 6 months
My first thought was I pinched a brake line yesterday but haven't looked closely yet - I know nothing's leaking.
What besides brakes would cause that? WTH did I bust?

 

I know but the analogy part was the gist of it.

 

I swear it has a curse on it......

 

Try bleeding the right side of your brakes... You could have a defective front passenger side caliper. Just my .02 since everything is newer.

 

Well, you still need to eliminate the brakes as the possible culprit, so I'd check the passenger front caliper pin to make sure it isn't stuck.

Also, do you happen to have an infrared thermometer?

Stewart

 

I do not but during my quick look at all 4 brakes when I pulled in, I stuck my hand on the back side of all the calipers and on the face of all 4 hubs. The only one that to the touch felt hotter was the back side of the driver's front caliper. I mean the other three were warm but this one I could hold my hand on it but it was iffy if I wanted to keep it there long. Only went about 10 miles and after the 1st white knuckle stop I babied the brakes from there on out, except for the two shots in where I took the video. So guessing before anything else I need to get the passenger front wheel and caliper off and take a look.

 

Don't disregard the driver rear, that one could be sticking and cause your issue. But I would still start with bleeding the right side.

 

The right front or the left rear could cause a hard pull to the left? Wouldn't it be the right rear as the next likely suspect after the right front?

 

Find a dirt or sandy area and apply normal braking pressure.
You will EASILY be able to tell which wheel is the culprit.

 

Yes, the right side is most likely to be causing that hard left.. So I would check right front than right rear. After bleeding. Than I would go to left rear and check pins there.

 

Nothing to do with the steering column......to be continued here
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post13565467