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Weird movement while braking

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smws6ta

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This has been happening for a while now. Been having transmission issues that have recently been fixed so I'm back to driving it again.

I have done the f body front brake mod and it didn't help or changed a thing.

When braking it has a tendency to pull to the left. It's got new rotors, pads, calibers, and hoses so I know it's not form them.

While driving it rides smooth and doesn't pull to one side or the other so I know it's not an alignment issue. It only happens when braking.



Any ideas?
 


Are the guide pins lubed and sliding properly? Other than that could be a stuck caliper. Notice more wear on the brake pads on one side vs. the other?
 
Mis-matched tire sizes or brands ? Uneven inflation ? Brakes totally bled ? An off camber wheel might still allow it to drive straight, while making it pull under braking. Toss a $69 alignment at it, couldn't hurt.
 
Brake pads, rotors and pins all new(ish), calibers were both good. I took them off my Trans Am when I did the C5 upgrade on it. It did this before the brake upgrade.


I'm thinking it's the suspension maybe the upper and lower a arms after talking with my son. We had to replace both of them a while back and he thinks it may have started after we replaced them. So this weekend I plan to get it up on stands and do another look over.
 
Well found the issue. Both inner and 1 outer tie rods bad, both control arms were toast.

Spent all day fighting the tie rods but got it done. No more death wobble but alignment is way off.
 
smws6ta said:
Well found the issue. Both inner and 1 outer tie rods bad, both control arms were toast.

Spent all day fighting the tie rods but got it done. No more death wobble but alignment is way off.
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All that slop and it still didn't pull to one side ?? Must have been plenty of free play in your steering wheel ?
 


Oh it did when applying the brakes. It would pull to the left in the beginning but in the last week or two it began to wobble instead. I'll post a pic later.
 
Alignment is done and back to being safe again. 1st time in a long time driving it that I enjoyed driving it.
 
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