RE: [old-chevy-truck] My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread George
Ok this may be a dumb question, but did you install a proportionate valve? One is required when you have disc Drum /Drum combination. If you did it could be faulty or need adjustment. Pressure needed for disc is different. Check out some of the forums on Webrodder.com. George 55 ½ TF

RE: [old-chevy-truck] My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread Luke Zsiga
Update: This morning I took the front discs appart and saw that the slide pins had no grease left and was starting to corrode. I also noticed that one of the driver side pads had uneven wear, one side of the pad had more wear than the other. So I bought some grease for the caliper slides, I used a

[old-chevy-truck] Door latch issues

2012-02-03 Thread Luke Zsiga
Hi Guys, Now that I have my brakes fixed time to move on the next problem. (I have about 100 problems but I won't flood the list with them). I can't get my doors to close all the way. I can get the vertical sliding latch (the one that is used for locking) to catch and keep the door closed but my d

[old-chevy-truck] Re: My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread ccpanel
if moving your rotor is enough to rock the kingpins-they are really worn out and should be addressed right now. make sure your brakes are bled correctly-you may have air in left brake line/caliper which allows less force to be applied to that side... also-when buying brake pads-I choose to buy

Re: [old-chevy-truck] Re: My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread Luke Zsiga
Awesome, I'll hop on getting those king pins replaced soon. I actually already have a kit to replace them ( I bought it a couple years ago when it was on sale). 1 Are there any good articles out there on how to replace them? 2 Whats tools are involved? and what is the worst case scenario? as in som

[old-chevy-truck] Re: My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread Standard Man
--- In old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com, Luke Zsiga <50chevy@...> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I am having some trouble with my truck / have always had this trouble with > my truck. Every time I brake I have turn the steering wheel left to > counteract my truck wanting to veer to the right. I've been

RE: [old-chevy-truck] My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread Hanlon, Bill
Luke: I couldn't tell for sure from your message below, but you did replace ALL the brake pads, inner and outer on both sides didn't you? If not, that could be the cause of your pull that is still remaining. From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com [old-ch

RE: [old-chevy-truck] Re: My truck veers right when I brake

2012-02-03 Thread Hanlon, Bill
Mark: I agree with your thoughts about disk brake maintenance. I bought a 77 Honda Accord new and drove it 203K miles. Replaced the pads every 30K miles. Never had to replace or turn a rotor. The 95 Acura I bought new has 162K miles on its original unturned rotors, also changed pads every 3