Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Ok i have a 1989 dual cab live axle luxie with a supra 7mge (3 liter straight 6) and an old (on it when i got the truck) ome 2 inch lift. My problem is every time i step on the brakes the old girl turns sharp left!!! One day soon its going to kill me!!! I'm guessing its the brakes (left biting more then the right) but is there anything else i should be looking out for(like in the suspension)? What are the signs of a stuffed brake master cylinder? any suggestions?
Cheers SASS

Sounds like a lazy caliper on the front as rear brakes have very little impact on hard braking and pulling to one side. If the break pedal is very stiff you might have a seized caliper,cheers Paul.

do you still have standard steering ? and have you removed or broken the torque rod that links the top of the diff back to the mount on the chassis rail ?

if that rod is not on the front diff, when you brake the front springs compress and the j arm steering will cause the car to veer to the left.

I had a very similar problem on my zook recently and turned out the axle seal had gone and was leaking out onto the brake caliper and pads meaning that side wasn't getting any real braking performance causing it to pull to the opposite side.

It will be the torque rod missing and having the old j arm steering. Either get rod put in or get a IFS steering box fitted with cross over steering

torque rod still in and intact!! where should i be looking to trouble shoot this prob? the torque rod is the standard original one i think and the guys who owned it before me put in the 2 inch lift. would the torque rod need lengthening? what do i look for to diagnose a seized caliper?

a caliper shoudlnt make that much difference to the steering under brakes. Check to make sure the u bolts are tight and the centre pin isnt popping out of the spring pad. also check teh bushes in the torque rod and the j arm ends for wear

If one of your callipers were seized by chance,braking would only occur on one side forcing the car to vere,apart from pulling the calliper apart try jacking up the front end,apply brakes and see if your wheels turn,if calliper is seized one side wont lock up,I dont know if this is your problem but if you do a lot of mud and water moisture will get pass your piston boots and corrode the calliper,see how you go,Cheers Paul.


P.S If you run a steering dampener,might be worth checking that as well.

out of everything I've seen on the net that has ever writen about this pull to the side when breaking.

Hasn't been about the brakes but the suspension being setup wrong or broken somewhere and needs to be fixed.

not saying that it's not a breke problem but out of the heaps of stuff I've read all over the place it's never been about brakes not working right.

Maybe a shock is dead and needs to be replaced.