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My front driver side disc looks like a record. Pretty deep grooves -- the unworn 'lip' of the disc is about 1/8". Lots of mudding and general neglect has also left the vents in the rotor completely filled with dirt.
The grabbing doesn't happen until I drive more than 15 minutes at 55-ish, which I'm guessing it heats up and causes problems. It sounds like metal scraping and will sometimes grab suddenly without me pushing the brakes, resulting in a very dangerous pull towards the side.
I'm parking it until fixed.
These symptoms also happened before when the fluid was getting too low, before I 'fixed' the leaking brake line. Fluid is still full and has been for months, so that's not the issue.
So, can the excessive deep-grooving itself cause the problem without the caliper needing replacement?
I am going to get a new rotor and pads but what's the likelyhood of the caliper being junk in this situation?
Money is tight as always. This was a $350 truck to begin with and I've put less than $100 into various repairs including the rear differential, so please no "replace everything" lecturing.
The grabbing doesn't happen until I drive more than 15 minutes at 55-ish, which I'm guessing it heats up and causes problems. It sounds like metal scraping and will sometimes grab suddenly without me pushing the brakes, resulting in a very dangerous pull towards the side.
I'm parking it until fixed.These symptoms also happened before when the fluid was getting too low, before I 'fixed' the leaking brake line. Fluid is still full and has been for months, so that's not the issue.
So, can the excessive deep-grooving itself cause the problem without the caliper needing replacement?
I am going to get a new rotor and pads but what's the likelyhood of the caliper being junk in this situation?
Money is tight as always. This was a $350 truck to begin with and I've put less than $100 into various repairs including the rear differential, so please no "replace everything" lecturing.
