Truck Drifts Slightly to the Right
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Just kidding, buddy. But you know how our roads are!
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My right side caliper rubs on the outer rotor on the braking surface. It made a circle about 3/8" around the edge. Once the groove was ground it stopped hitting though so I don't see it causing the drifting but I will see. I tried all kinds of stuff with this, new caliper, new rotor, swapped rotors left to right, still no fix. Swapping rotors left to right did curb it a little but it still rubs. Everything about the wheel is tight. Next I took rotor to NAPA (who was working with me on it, this is a decent store I have here) and had them cut it on a lathe. While there we skeptical as to how it would work they did it and it solved the problem, they were even able to keep it within spec. So...what's the problem here? They suggest a bad bearing but it doesn't wobble, make noise or emit excess heat. Right now I need to get this thing through inspection and I can try other things later.
BTW, I didn't find anything specific in a drift causing a failed inspection but I think that the squirrelly tires are what spooked my former mechanic.
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