ok,i have a 2001 jimmy rear wheel drive,had to change passenger side front hub bearing because the rotor was rusted solid to hub.have replaced both front rotors,new pads,new driver side hub bearing ,both front rubber brake lines and ilder arm,blead the front after new lines installed.my problem is it pulls to the right on breaking.i even had alignment checked thinking my pounding on old rotor trying to break it free might have knocked alignment out.what am I missing.help!!!!

 

With the front lifed, spin each front wheel, apply brakes, and then try to spin each wheel again. Then let up the brake pedal and try to spin each wheel again...is there any difference between the two?
Make sure the left front caliper is sliding, may need to remove pins and grease. Also check that the caliper mounting bolts are tight, pads are fully seated and so on.
If that is okay, then I would do a gravity bleed on both fronts again.
Then it could be the left front caliper piston is stuck, which is pretty common. You could try taking the caliper off the rotor and pressing the piston back into the bore...be sure to clean off the dust boot first. Re-installing and see if it works.

It may just be time to replace the front calipers; get rebuilt units...too cheap to try to rebuild them yourself. Just get unloaded calipers.

Good luck and come back with what you find.

 

so these jimmys have issues with caliper pistons sticking,i guess when I compressed the pistons when changing pads this started pulling.my attension was 0n passenger side only.i had already installed the driver side and never gave that side a second thought.thanks for the information I will go back through today and check for unloaded calipers.would you replace both,or just the driver side?

 

Id do both of them since everything else is done,no point in leaving one on to cause problems later. Its cold outside. do em both lol

 

great,thanks, good I have a heated garage,not to cold today.you are right just do both with everything else new why skimp now.i guess I should have put two and two together.i read about the rear caliper pistons sticking a while back,new rotors and pads on those also a few weeks earlier,but checked the calipers and they seam ok,but I do feel them sticking at times, like when I stop and start out turning left,you can hear the grown like a pad dragging,guess it`s time for all new calipers.

 

one more thought,you don`t think I messed up the abs system when I compressed the calipers,i mean the distribution block could be bad but that would through a code I think, and no codes.

 

meh. i wouldnt worry that far about it. do the calipers first.


look at rockauto.com. surely cheaper then anywhere local for sure.

 

thanks again!

 

well,i found my pulling problem,it was my doing.the left front pad on the inside of caliper was not seated on one side,so it was only applying pressuer to one side.this was the first side I stared with and got in a hurry I guess and didn`t check my work before I put the caliper back.kicking my self now for not doing the basics,and check everything before throwing parts at it.thanks for all the advice.

 

well,at least it cost you $0.00. More beer money!