A little bit of grease on the left rotor will make it pull to the right....
I would try some brake cleaner spray, then find a different shop.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Lecher9000 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today I had my 88 GTA inspected. The mech did the usual checking of the
> suspension, brakes, etc, then someone took it out for a test drive. He came
> back and said the car pulled to the right during braking, and they would have
> to do some brake work, to pass inspection. I then drove it myself, and yes, it
> was pulling to the right, during braking. But either I had not noticed it
> before, or they did something to it to make it pull.
>
> The hood was never up during the inspection. The mech had the left front
> wheel off, and the right rear wheel off.
>
> Could the mech have screwed something up while checking the brakes ? >
> When I asked them why it suddenly started today, when it wasn't doing it
> before, they had no answer for me, other than well, it could be a clogged hose,
> or air in the lines, or a stuck caliper. But they didn't admit they screwed
> anything up to make it pull to the right.
>
> My car has wandered a little bit in the past during braking, but it would go
> left and right, not just to the right.
>
> I told them I would "get back to them", and drove the car home. When home, all
> four wheels were hot, since i had been testing the brakes a lot, so it seems
> all four brakes are being applied.
>
> Is there a classic dirty trick to make a car pull to one side during braking ? >
> Paranoid