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CJ
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7/05/2006
15:25:17
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Hello there fellas, again. Lmao.
Well, a few days ago I drove my dak for around 2 hours for the
first time in a while, lets say, 6 months or so.
Randomly, when I was only a few minutes away from home, my
truck (99 4x4 dak) started to pull a considerable amount to the
right for no reason.
I was like "Oh dang...I didn't hit anything... how could my
allignment be messed up insantly just like ha?"
2 seconds later I assumed it was my right front caliper sezing up
and rubbing against the disk, pulling it to the right.
I am about to take a 5 hour drive for a trip with family in my Dak
in 3 days... Is this what it sounds liek to you? And if so, what
should I do/look for to diagnose it? Would I have to take it in to
our indipendent service area (that does a good job) to look at it
(as I do not have the time or effeciency to work on anything till
the trip :(.
Any suggestions?
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.boB
Dodge Dakota
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7/05/2006
18:03:23
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Actually, it sounds like changing road conditions. Next time it happen, don't touch the brakes, but change lanes and see what happens. It will really be noticable on a 2 lane country road. Get to the other side of the road and the crown is going the other way.
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albert
Dodge Dakota
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7/05/2006
19:20:47
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My guess is that your rotors were rusty. Makes the brakes grabby.
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CJ
Dodge Dakota
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7/05/2006
19:42:53
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No was not braking during this pull. And it was a very noticable
drag, and was not road conditions, as I have gone on that road
to my house many times, and that the pullnig was constant for a
the entire time going to my house.
It was something with the truck, but I am not sure what.
It occured whether I was coasting or accelerationg too.
There is a bit of rust on the rotors too actually, but I don't see
how it wold make the calipers grab the rotors even if I were not
braking. I'll take the rust off tomorrow and se what happens,
but until then, anything other ideas since I cleared some things
up?
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cJ
Dodge Dakota
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7/06/2006
13:04:20
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Anyone?
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toolfan
GenIII
7/06/2006
19:16:31
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jack the front up and spin the tires they should do about 2.1/2 turns. if each side feels different than take off the tire and do a brake inspection.
check the rear drums while you're at it.
when was the last time you checked your brakes? if its more than 10k than they need a check.
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Cj
Dodge Dakota
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7/06/2006
20:50:45
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Hey man, thanks.
Yeah I plan on doing so tomorrow before work. That was the "duh"
thing to do, and ill see if i can just visibly see anything I can.
I'll let you guys know what I find out.
ast time I checked was like 4k ago too...
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