Once again the tool-box which seemed so expensive to two exes and occasionally Harvey has paid for itself!
The right front caliper had become stuck.
Number one likely cause on a GM B-Body caliper is the sliders. The outside slides on the tips of the slider pin and the inside slides on a sleeve that the pin passes through.
Gave the pins a good cleaning and put some dry lubricant on the o-rings they slide against in the caliper.
Pumped the brakes up a few times, worked the caliper back and forth with a c-clamp a few times.
Put it all back together and it seems fine now.
No pull to either side whether I am off or on the brakes now. When it got stuck it was pulling hard and there was a serious vibration as the rotor was forced through the pads.
Let's hear it for tools and Mechanic/TL8 (Automobile)!
The right front caliper had become stuck.
Number one likely cause on a GM B-Body caliper is the sliders. The outside slides on the tips of the slider pin and the inside slides on a sleeve that the pin passes through.
Gave the pins a good cleaning and put some dry lubricant on the o-rings they slide against in the caliper.
Pumped the brakes up a few times, worked the caliper back and forth with a c-clamp a few times.
Put it all back together and it seems fine now.
No pull to either side whether I am off or on the brakes now. When it got stuck it was pulling hard and there was a serious vibration as the rotor was forced through the pads.
Let's hear it for tools and Mechanic/TL8 (Automobile)!