Installed Powerslots & pads, now pulls left?
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Installed Powerslots & pads, now pulls left?
Installed new rotors - powerslots, and ceramic pads on my 2004 Ex, (26,000 miles). After all put back together & tested over last two days it seems to pull to the left when braking. I did not bleed the brakes, just unbolted caliper & loaded in new pads and reinstalled. Any ideas what to check?
Also noticed front two tires show weird wear pattern. On each tire, individual lugs are worn higher or lower than lug next to, behind or in front of. Rear tires are smooth as normal. I bot this Ex with 17,000 miles and have not rotated the tires. BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A. Alignment seems fine. Thanks, Dave
Also noticed front two tires show weird wear pattern. On each tire, individual lugs are worn higher or lower than lug next to, behind or in front of. Rear tires are smooth as normal. I bot this Ex with 17,000 miles and have not rotated the tires. BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A. Alignment seems fine. Thanks, Dave
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Installed new rotors - powerslots, and ceramic pads on my 2004 Ex, (26,000 miles). After all put back together & tested over last two days it seems to pull to the left when braking. I did not bleed the brakes, just unbolted caliper & loaded in new pads and reinstalled. Any ideas what to check?
Also noticed front two tires show weird wear pattern. On each tire, individual lugs are worn higher or lower than lug next to, behind or in front of. Rear tires are smooth as normal. I bot this Ex with 17,000 miles and have not rotated the tires. BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A. Alignment seems fine. Thanks, Dave
Also noticed front two tires show weird wear pattern. On each tire, individual lugs are worn higher or lower than lug next to, behind or in front of. Rear tires are smooth as normal. I bot this Ex with 17,000 miles and have not rotated the tires. BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A. Alignment seems fine. Thanks, Dave
As for your tires, it looks like the previous owner never rotated them. The fronts will wear like that if they are not rotated to the back. I rotate mine every other oil change (about 6k miles).
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Always bleed.
The wear you are seeing on the tires is due to alignment. Have it checked. With that description of tire wear. Very possible that a ball joint may be going bad.
I had the same thing happen on my '00 X with the Powerslots & Hawk Pads. Bleed the passenger side first then the drivers side. All should be good. Always start your bleed the furthest from the master cylinder.
Hope this helps.
I had the same thing happen on my '00 X with the Powerslots & Hawk Pads. Bleed the passenger side first then the drivers side. All should be good. Always start your bleed the furthest from the master cylinder.
Hope this helps.
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Tire store said tires just need to be rotated, which they did. Truck tracks very true when driving, so I thought alignment was ok.
Brake guy told me sometimes ceramic pads take a short time to set & be patient. Said I could also swap pads from side to side & note effect.
Thought I'd be going camping this weekend, but the "monsoon" storm system in midwest changed our plans
Brake guy told me sometimes ceramic pads take a short time to set & be patient. Said I could also swap pads from side to side & note effect.
Thought I'd be going camping this weekend, but the "monsoon" storm system in midwest changed our plans
