A dodgy brake bleed job can also cause the car to pull to one side.
Fixed this one just last weekend.
Craig.
Errol Smith wrote:
>
> Simon,
> I assume you have altered the front end fairly dramatically. Usually the
> fix is to grind some of the offending part, but only on an off
> road/race/rally car etc!. It is not good practice to grind parts of your
> suspension components on a road car and may also be illegal!. The minimum
> disc diameter is 10mm from memory? (open to correction on this point). If
> you are so cash strapped, I would tend to assume that you would run the
> disc for a bit until you got a suitable replacement! If you have trouble
> with brakes pulling to the left or right, change the discs and pads
> immediately for safety sake!!!! Where are you Simon as I may be able to
> find some free bits for you?
> Cheers
> Feral Errol
>
>
> ----------
> From: simon waterhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: lower control arms (long)
> Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 10:59
>
> Listers,
> Just doing a bit of under car maintenance and pulling stuff apart to have a
>
> snoop.
> I've got 240k struts up front with sumitimo (spelling)calipers and 200b
> discs. Took the calipers off and found the lower control arms have ground
> out the inside of both my front discs :(
> Is the best way to fix this to angle grind some of the tip of the control
> arm or is there something else.
> Also what is the minimum width of a 200b disc as one is about 11.5mm and
> the
> other is about 9.5mm.
> The l/c arm has taken out a gash of about .5-1.5mm gash in the disc and you
>
> can imagine the shape of the pads.
> do i need new stuff (discs,pads) i assume so.
> anyone got any suggestions for a sob with no money and little skills
> lol
> thanks Simon
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