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Front brakes dragging

Sandman

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My car developed an issue with the front brakes dragging in a weird way a couple of months ago. My ABS light has been on/off for a few years now and I never worried about it. Now my car has a slight pull to the right and will jerk left when I brake but it really makes the car go straight. After I let off you can feel the left side release a few seconds after you let off the pedal. Tonight my ABS light turned off and the car drove straight and no dragging at all from the brakes. Of course after dinner the light came back on so it's back up to it's antics. Besides all of this going on the car brakes and drives fine. The dragging isn't excessive enough to be making the car hard to drive or the right side overly hot/worn.

What I've tried so far is regreasing the pins and disconnecting the ABS module but to no avail. The car has GXP front brakes with braided lines done a few years ago, this problem is recent.

Anyone got any ideas?
 


Assuming the pins are good and they allow the caliper to properly slide and the brake hoses aren't having an issue then it may be time to rebuild/replace the caliper. I had an issue with dragging brakes on my Bonne and it turned out to be a bad brake hose. Have you tried bleeding the system? Master cylinder staying full?
 
New master, brake lines, and rebuilt the calipers and it's doing the same thing. The ABS light is still on and I haven't been able to turn TC off in a long time, the button does nothing but the dash never says if it's off or on. I'm being told that it's something electrical in the TC system. What can I do (unplug) to get the car from jerking left and back when braking? I don't want to spend any for time or money on this for the time being.

Also unplugging the ABS fuse or unplugging the ABS block does nothing to make the situation better.
 
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