[FC] pulling to the left when braking 3....

[Dale Dewald]

Hello Folks,

Maybe I should add some history to this Greenbrier since I was the previous 
owner and sold it to Mr. Forgey in the fall of 2004.

1998: I purchased this GB in Sacramento, CA from Jim Pennell and drove it 
home.  It was mostly stock but with a rebuilt 110/4-speed/3.27 
drivetrain.  The brake system was, for all practical purposes, daily driver 
stock.

2002-2003: I rebuilt the F & R suspensions (bushings, ball joints, etc) and 
brake system (wheel cyls, hdwe, shoes).  A dual MC kit from Clark's was 
installed. The lines were flushed and refilled with silicone fluid.  The 
brakes were working perfectly from this time until the sale of the vehicle.

Dale Dewald
Hancock, MI

At 17:19 5/18/2008 -0700, Chris & Bill Strickland wrote:

> >My Greenbrier is pulling to the left again - just a brief history - 
> started in the fall of 2007 ...
> >
>And before that?  I.e., did you buy the brier in the summer of '07 or
>have you had it for fifteen years, driving it regularly, doing nothing
>to it, and it starts this pulling out of the clear blue?
>
>It does seem like you have replaced everything that would be the likely
>culprit, but either you haven't replaced the defect that caused the
>problem, or the new parts you used were similarly defective (like
>unmatched bore diameters in the wheel cylinders), or similarly
>incorrectly installed (like a secondary shoe in the front, perhaps just
>like the old ones came off).
>
>Other than the possible wheel cylinder issue, generally you are talking
>about contaminated linings, hardware issues, or bad hoses.  Since, I
>assume, they bled fine when all this was completed, the steel crossover
>brake line shouldn't be plugged.  You didn't install a dual master
>cylinder and hook the front brakes to separate/different circuits did you?
>
>I really don't see how the bake drums could cause the problem,
>especially since you have swapped them side to side, nor would I think
>the wheel bearings would be an issue, unless they are bad in other ways.
>Have you swapped tires?
>
>Now, there are a couple things you could do to help tell what is going
>on -- you and a reliable (sighted) friend need to take the brier to a
>gravel parking lot or such -- gravel road, gravel driveway, etc --
>gravel, or maybe if you still have some ice around, ... easy to leave
>skid marks in gravel though -- and by repeated brake application you
>need to figure out whether the left front is grabbing or the right front
>is not working.  Possibly a problem in the rears, but not as likely,
>which is good because there is less stuff in the front to cause issues.
>What happens in reverse?
>
>Bill Strickland
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