<VV> Pulls When Braking

[shortle]

Hi Bill,
Firestone is not the only ones that can do the job right. In fact, they may not be able to do it right at all. Did you have them do anything to the individual wheel brakes? It sounds to me like a piston is not moving in one of the wheel cylinders. It is probably stuck due to crud built up in the cylinder. Brakes are something that does not entail a high level of expert skill to perform. In fact, if you can take your carbs apart and make them operate properly you are definitely more than capable of making a drum brake system operate. I would plan on a 4 wheel brake job including rebuilding the wheel cylinders.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
ASE recertified Master Automobile Technician (which means I am capable of passing written tests by the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence)
  


-----Original Message-----
>From: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Dec 10, 2011 6:40 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Pulls When Braking
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>                                               B"H
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>Hi all...does anyone have any experience with their Late Corvair pulling sharply to the left or right when the brakes are applied?  After she sits for more than a few hours and you drive away and apply the brakes, the steering wheel SPINS to the left!  You fight the wheel to hold it straight, then the pull gets a little better, and sometimes it pulls a bit to the right when braking moderately to hard.
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>When I got the car, I found out it had a bad master cylinder (the '66 master was upgraded to a dual MC by a previous owner), so I replaced it.  I did the best I could to bench bleed the new master, but took it to a local Firestone shop to do the job right.  I told them the car is pulling, and also asked for a computer 4 wheel alignment.
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>After 2 days in the shop, I got the car back, brakes were nice and high with no "sponginess," but the pull to the left and right continues.
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>They refused to replace the front control arm bushings that I have because thei only use "their own" parts.  I've also noticed that the sway bar bushings are also not in good shape.  I think I can do the sway bar bushings myself, but the shop manual says the control arm bushings have to be done by a special tool to press the old out and the new parts into the rod.
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>The brief check I did on the ball joints seem ok and so do the tierod ends.  I repacked the front wheel bearings as well.  the brake linings look ok and so do the drums.
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>Any suggestions?
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>Thanks guys, much appreciated...Bill Hershkowitz 66 Monza Sport Sedan 110 PG A/C
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