1998 4.2 single cab xl. No front ABS, just regular brakes. Pulls to the right when I brake a little hard. I am thinking left caliper going a little bad. Am I guessing right?

 

On the older trucks it is fairly common for the brake hose on the left side to go bad, resulting in the vehicle pulling to the opposite side (right) on braking. Usually a pretty easy fix.

 

My hose was shot on the drivers side, I replaced it, bled the brakes, and it pulls to the right a little still. I am going to bleed the brakes again this weekend when I swap out the entire front end.

 

May want to replace the calipers if you already did the hose...good luck

 

may be an Alignment issue also..

 

Why left side hose? Because the hose is closest to master cylinder and sees higher pressure?

 

No.. It may be kincked or blocked

 

Oh their good still. It didn't pull before I broke the brake line.

I had to swap out the hub and when I was doing that I twisted the line on accident and it started leaking. I don't think I got all the air out of it.

OP another thing you can do is simply take the brakes apart, inspect, clean and relube them and then put them back together. Sometimes a caliper hangs up because of dirt or mud.

 

The left side seems to wear faster than the other. Not sure why, but we see many more problems on that side. There is higher pressure there

 

I'll throw out that the slide pins may need greasing or caliper replaced.