uh oh.. went muddin.. now a steering problem

[BoatsRcool]

i just went through a couple of holes today, but um now when i brake, especially hard, the steering turns it self to the left REALLY bad, i mean i can control it fine as long as i have both hands on the wheel.. what could it be! other than that its driving fine.

 

[Alec]

I suggest you inspect your brakes and steering for mud that might be fouling things up.

 

[yob_yeknom]

Definitely check the brakes. Sounds like the left front is grabbing/locking up. Pull the calipers off and clean everything up real good. See if that fixes the problem.

 

[BoatsRcool]

ill do that,thanks

 

[BoatsRcool]

well i took off the left wheel. and the disk looked clean. i cant figure out whats going on!

 

[yob_yeknom]

Did you check the front and back sides of it? Did you take the caliper off to see if any dirt was in between the pads and rotor?

 

[BoatsRcool]

no, but i will tomorrow, i have never taken apart the brakes, so ill have to check it out in the daylight.

i dont understand how a little dirt could do this though

 

[Bill Kemp]

Could just as well be the right side not working.
Take it to the car wash and blow all the crudmud off & out of the brakes and they might work. If not it will be cleaner when you remove them.

 

[HIX]

You should clean the pins that the caliper slides on. You know the ones you take out when you change that pads.

 

[BoatsRcool]

see i have never worked on brakes haha