Need help with braking problem

[Balsam12]

Hey guys

I've got a 1998 rcsb 2wd Silverado. When I press brakes the truck Pulls to right side and so does the steering wheel. I've done some research and a lot of ppl say the flex hose that attaches to caliber can brake down and cause this issue. I tried to bleed it but bleeder screw is seized and stripped. Question is should I replace both calipers when I do the hose? Also can anymore tell me how to replace the flex hose. I'm not sure how it connects to the hard line. Mine is full of rust. Looks like a thin nut that connects them?

Thanks!

 

[michael hurd]

Calipers are cheap. What is your life worth?

Litigation stemming from a preventable collision can be expensive, especially if there are substantial personal injuries. Police could charge you with fail to maintain, should they examine the vehicle closely after a collision.

Increases in insurance premiums over a decade will nullify any cost savings driving on bald tires, with worn steering components and marginal at best brakes.

The brake line flare nut threads into the hose.

 

[65nightmare]

Hey guys

I've got a 1998 rcsb 2wd Silverado. When I press brakes the truck Pulls to right side and so does the steering wheel. I've done some research and a lot of ppl say the flex hose that attaches to caliber can brake down and cause this issue. I tried to bleed it but bleeder screw is seized and stripped. Question is should I replace both calipers when I do the hose? Also can anymore tell me how to replace the flex hose. I'm not sure how it connects to the hard line. Mine is full of rust. Looks like a thin nut that connects them?

Thanks!

It sounds like your to the point where you are just going to have to replace most of your front brake lines. They will probably just break at every fitting you touch or even look at to hard.

 

[Ironhead]

Safety---what's your life, or someone else's worth? My guess is that it's a helluva lot more than the price of new lines, calipers, rotors and pads. Do the right thing here.

 

[Justin S]

Simply downshift to slow yourself down and if you're careful you won't even hardly need to use the brake pedal

 

[michael hurd]

Simply downshift to slow yourself down and if you're careful you won't even hardly need to use the brake pedal

Downshifting to slow down is a crutch at best, try that when someone pulls out of a driveway right in front of you without looking and you have to get on the brakes hard.

Perhaps if you live in the sticks, with about 11 vehicles in the hamlet, and one stop sign, you can carry on downshifting to stop for years on end, until the rest of the vehicle bio-degrades.

Being able to stop safely is priceless.

 

[5spd Z71]

If the truck is full of rust, you'll be replacing more than just the rubber brake line. There's several items to check, caliper, hose, brake lines. If you don't feel comfortable working on it or don't know how, take it somewhere you trust to have the work done.

I down shift a lot in mine (5spd) to use the engine as a brake, even though my brakes work just fine. But usually when I do it, there's no traffic on the country roads.



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[Justin S]

Downshifting to slow down is a crutch at best, try that when someone pulls out of a driveway right in front of you without looking and you have to get on the brakes hard.

Perhaps if you live in the sticks, with about 11 vehicles in the hamlet, and one stop sign, you can carry on downshifting to stop for years on end, until the rest of the vehicle bio-degrades.

Being able to stop safely is priceless.

He never said his brakes weren't good, just pulled, which may actually help his situation since it would help steer his truck out of harms way in an emergency stop.

 

[michael hurd]

If the vehicle pulls while braking, the brakes aren't good, period.

If one front caliper is seized, you have lost 30% plus of your braking, and a portion of your steering traction is compromised as well in an emergency situation.

 

[Justin S]

Just in case he's not a super alert person, the pull would help him in an emergency situation though. He might lift both hands off the wheel and cover his face instead of holding onto the wheel and crashing straight into the other vehicle, and instead just gently coast off into the ditch with no harm done.