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hey all,

ive had this problem ever since i got my car,

when braking the steering wheel pulls in the 1 direction, harder i brake harder it pulls?

any1 had this problem or know to to fix it?

cheers

Inspect your brakes condition. The brakes on the side your steering wheel is pulling towards are working much beter than the ones on the opposite end.

I had that problem on my previouse car.

Hope this helps a little.

:(

hey all,

ive had this problem ever since i got my car,

when braking the steering wheel pulls in the 1 direction, harder i brake harder it pulls?

any1 had this problem or know to to fix it?

cheers

if the road has any camber it will pull under hard braking, at least, mine does.. I guess you tried on both sides of a cambered road?

Try taking the wheels off and inspect all the pads and disks. Maybe you could try swapping the pads with the other side and see how that goes.

Otherwise maybe get the brake lines bled or new pads?

Seized brake calliper (opposite side to which it pulls).

+1 This is the most likely option. You might be able to get the piston moving, but you really should rebuild the caliper. Its pretty easy to do.Try racebrakes for a seal kit.

rebuild (for me) was;

1. get pistons out (i did this using the brake pedal and gradually putting thinner and thinner shims in where the pads were, as a way of getting all pistons out evenly most of the way) then removed calipers pulled them out the last bit with pliers

2. Remove old seals from pistons

3. Clean up any scoring on the piston with 1200 wet n dry, thoroughly clean everything

4. Put new seals on, wetted with brake fluid

5. Re-install pistons with pistons and inside of caliper wetted with brake fluid

6. Install dust seals

7. Install caliper + bleed

If you're handy its a piece of piss

Again as other have said it's most likely a seized caliper, but I thought I'd share my experience as food for thought...

I had a similar problem in my old r34 when my front camber or toe bushes were shot

but also had a slight wheels shudder everytime the car hit 110 on the highway.

I had the wheels re-aligned twice before I realised I needed some new bushes, the first time the alignment got rid of the problem, but came back over time so I had my suspension checked out

some new bushes, castor arms and a wheel balance/alignment and the problem was solved.

  • 1 month later...

Recent update :)

i recently replaced the rear brake pads and bled the system made a slight difference but it still pulls :blush:

ill bust off the front brakes and have a good hard look this weekend :banana: if all i need is a seal kit to fix the calipers then i can get them for like $40 each caliper :banana:

ill have to inspect the front bushes, before i bought the car it had all new bushes installed so they shouldnt be the problem :banana: i will how ever have a good look at the fron bushes and castor arms ;)

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