jsleeper81
Newbie
alright guys I have a 2000 k3500 and I have been driving the truck short distances due to when breaking it seemed to pull to the left, the harder I applied the break the more it pulled to the left along with there feeling like air in the system.
I first thought maybe breaks where not bled properly until a couple nights ago I had to slam on the brakes it pulled like usual but it just did not feel like there was getting enough pressure to stop the truck so I pressed as hard as possible out of reaction and out of no where the truck started to pull to the right now, when the truck finally came to a stop the right front brake had locked up completely after waiting a few minutes seemed like the pressure released and I was able to get it home.
so at this point I knew the caliper had to be bad so I went ahead and bought 2 new front calipers to replace as a pair along with new pads and this is what I pulled off.
so as you can see the piston basically blew the the pad which I have never seen before.
I replace with 2 rebuilt calipers I went ahead and painted them made them look nicer since I am trying to fix it up right and cleaner. here is some with the other caliper on.
and to anyone that notices yes I know I need new discs I plan to replace those next.
so now that I have replaced both calipers I was thinking all would be good to go so had my wife pump the breaks to bleed them and was not getting pressure to the passenger side so pulled the feed line off the back of the caliper and asked my wife to hold and watch while I pumped well fluid came out but in order for any to come out I had to bury my foot into it which felt like I was trying to reach the radiator with my foot lol.
so bled it the best I could and tested the stopping force the pedal had and with light pressure the left break grabs good put not the right however with excessive force on the pedal the right side begins to grab.
decided to put it all back together and take it out on the road for a test and same as before except now I have much better response to stopping but still pulls to the left, and it feels like if I press hard enough it tries to even out the breaking pressure but only barely at slow speeds.
to me it seems like maybe the master cylinder may be bad but not sure I would checks the brake lines but there seem to be so many all around the abs module which I would like to remove all together but needing to find a how-to article on this first.
any input would be appretiated thanks everyone.
I first thought maybe breaks where not bled properly until a couple nights ago I had to slam on the brakes it pulled like usual but it just did not feel like there was getting enough pressure to stop the truck so I pressed as hard as possible out of reaction and out of no where the truck started to pull to the right now, when the truck finally came to a stop the right front brake had locked up completely after waiting a few minutes seemed like the pressure released and I was able to get it home.
so at this point I knew the caliper had to be bad so I went ahead and bought 2 new front calipers to replace as a pair along with new pads and this is what I pulled off.
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so as you can see the piston basically blew the the pad which I have never seen before.
I replace with 2 rebuilt calipers I went ahead and painted them made them look nicer since I am trying to fix it up right and cleaner. here is some with the other caliper on.
and to anyone that notices yes I know I need new discs I plan to replace those next.
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so now that I have replaced both calipers I was thinking all would be good to go so had my wife pump the breaks to bleed them and was not getting pressure to the passenger side so pulled the feed line off the back of the caliper and asked my wife to hold and watch while I pumped well fluid came out but in order for any to come out I had to bury my foot into it which felt like I was trying to reach the radiator with my foot lol.
so bled it the best I could and tested the stopping force the pedal had and with light pressure the left break grabs good put not the right however with excessive force on the pedal the right side begins to grab.
decided to put it all back together and take it out on the road for a test and same as before except now I have much better response to stopping but still pulls to the left, and it feels like if I press hard enough it tries to even out the breaking pressure but only barely at slow speeds.
to me it seems like maybe the master cylinder may be bad but not sure I would checks the brake lines but there seem to be so many all around the abs module which I would like to remove all together but needing to find a how-to article on this first.
any input would be appretiated thanks everyone.