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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 05:22 PM
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I drive my truck to school this morning. No trouble what so ever. I come back a few hours later and when I brake while going forward the trucks shakes something terrible. Doesn't matter what speed. When I finally get stopped some of the calipers stick and I just spin tires if I try to move. If the calipers are locked I can put it in reverse and they unlock. Brakes work fine in reverse. 2003 4x4. Disk brakes all the way around
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 05:59 PM
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Probably caliper bolts have come out of one caliper causing a bind.
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 06:03 PM
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Get under the truck and look. Something is wrong you can most likely determine visually.
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 06:12 PM
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I looked at the rear and everything was right back there from what I can tell. Got to cold and I ran out of daylight to do the front.
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Andr3wHi11
I looked at the rear and everything was right back there from what I can tell. Got to cold and I ran out of daylight to do the front.
Been there. Come on spring!
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 10:08 PM
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It was bugging me too much so I did the front tonight. The bottom bolt to the front left caliper came out and the caliper marred up the rim
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 10:19 PM
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jstockert is the man
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 11:24 PM
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I'm gonna to a local junkyard tomorrow and pull a bolt from another truck. Tonight I went ahead and put lock-tite on all bolts I had on the calipers. I'm also gonna take my rim and tire to my tire guy and make sure it wasn't thrown off balance
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