Date:         Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:27:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New brakes, now pulls to the left
Comments: To: Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20090803021617495.LYLC18482@cdptpa-omta01.mail.rr.com>
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A pulsating pedal is almost always an out-of-round condition.  The rotors
are warped or maybe the drums.

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:

> I took my van in for front brake pads after pulling the wheels and
> determining that the rotors were good.  I was expecting to get hustled for
> new rotors.  Instead, the guy told me I needed new calipers at $125 each.
>  I
> said I used to rebuild them for the price of an ATE rebuild kit; he
> countered that it would be more for him to rebuild them than to replace
> them, and that he was using new, not rebuilt, calipers.
>
> About $700 later, which included repacking the front wheel bearings and
> installing new grease seals, I picked up the van and drove about two miles
> home, noting that the brakes felt a bit mushy which I expected with green
> pads.  Yesterday I made a short freeway run and noticed that the van pulls
> strongly to the right.  Under braking, it pulls even more to the right.  It
> didn't do that prior to having the work done.  On moderately hard braking
> from about 60 mph I could feel a rapid pulsing in the brake pedal which
> wasn't noticeable at lower speeds.
>
> Tomorrow I'm taking it back, and I'm wondering if the list has any ideas as
> to what they could have done that would cause it to pull to the right so
> badly?  What would cause the high-frequency pulsing?
>
> The only other thing they did was to adjust the rear brakes.
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy
>



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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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