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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 05:29 AM
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Hi all, Just put on new brake pads, rotors, calipers on my 97 F150 2wd. Had the tires balanced and an alignment done and when I step on the brakes the truck wants to pull to the left. After the alignment they said everything was good with the suspension and no problems...Can't understand why it wants to keep pulling left...it drives straight. Any ideas?
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 08:21 AM
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If your suspension and steering check out ok, the the brakes could be the issue. It sounds like one side is braking more(or sooner) than the other. This could be caused by several things, like air in one line, brake fluid on the pads, sticky caliper. One other possible cause could be your tires....try swapping the two front tires to see if things improve.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ric14221
Hi all, Just put on new brake pads, rotors, calipers on my 97 F150 2wd. Had the tires balanced and an alignment done and when I step on the brakes the truck wants to pull to the left. After the alignment they said everything was good with the suspension and no problems...Can't understand why it wants to keep pulling left...it drives straight. Any ideas?
heres a link on pulling to the left, might help, let us know, if this fixes the problem, since you replaced, pads, rotors and calipers, replace both hoses!
http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/94...nd-advise.html

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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 06:32 PM
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Thanks for the help guys
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Old May 27, 2010 | 03:04 AM
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If you haven't already fixed your issue, I just ran into the same issue. when I hit the brakes the truck pulled to the left. I replaced the hose assembly on both front calipers and the slider pins on both. had one slider stuck solid and the passenger side hose partially plugged. hope this helps
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Old May 27, 2010 | 05:11 AM
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it was a break hose on the passenger side replaced it everything works as it should
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