cl_cherokee

My Cherokee is pulling to the left when braking, in an earlier thread yesterday I posted about how after my alignment it still pulls to the left with normal driving, took the tires in, re-balanced, and the tires are good (they rotated the left side) I know the normal pulling for braking would be check the calipers / wheel cylinders, but since it has a pull while regular driving, I figured I would post here if maybe the pull is coming from something else?

xj_maniac_newb

did you take the wheels off and check the brakes? the brakes on the left side could be partially locked down, or your brakes on the left side could be adjusted tighter than your right ones( if thats possible im not sure if it is)

mike albo

you could have partly seized caliper on that side

junk yard customs

I agree probably a caliper going out or stuck because there is no adjustment.....

KTMrider

i had the same issue. replaced the calibers and the problem went away. I will admit that he problem came back after a couple months

caged

if it pulls left while braking, your seized caliper is on the right side.

tactical40cal

if it pulls to the left then your right caliper isn't doing it's job. it's either seized open and won't compress or maybe a break line/hose is collapsed or kinked. after you release the brake pedal does it keep pulling?

xj_maniac_newb

yeah, lol thats what happened to mine...except it was both the front and rear, found that out after the jeep just kinda stopped and smoke was pouring from nowhere lol

bfisher42

i had a partially seized caliper and had to replace it. mine also pulled slightly as the OP had mentioned. a quick giveaway for me that it was a caliper was as i looked at my wheels, the drivers side wheel was littered with twice as much brake dust as the passengers side. upon further investigation the passengers side caliper was, in fact, seized.

98 JeepJeep

caliper pins are probably stuck.

fishtaconc

if one siezed, then the other isnt far behind , best to do both at the same time.... been there done that

storm101

As stated possible bad caliper, sticking slide pins, Collapsed rubber hose, also check the knuckle where the pads ride for large indents, the pads may be getting stuck in those also if they exist.

A good inspection and tests should point you to the issue on hand.

cl_cherokee

Wow, okay thanks guys, I suppose a look in the morning is in call, it's funny how I bought a 2001 Jeep over all my other older special interest cars to avoid the problems of constant fixing things

WrOnGziDe

change both front caliper,hose pads and rotor flush the fluid

My375hp302

Also check your shocks. I had a 65 Mustang that did that REALLY bad. Turned out the brakes were fine but one of the front shocks was totally blown allowing that side of the car to dip farther than the other side when braking. As the car dips the alignment angles change and if one side dips farther than the other ot will cause your symptoms. It's easy to check. Just undo the top mount on your front shocks and then compress and release them by hand. They should feel about the same and you should have some good resistance. If they are not the same or are really easy to compress replace both of them. Never replace just one.