Pulls to one side

[digitech]

Top down weather is here! At least in GA. Been out quite a bit the last few weeks and I've found that after my brakes heat up, the car will pull to the passenger side under any kind of braking - doesn't happen when they are cold, I get pretty much straight line stopping then.

So my question is, sticking caliper piston or is it a wedge that sticks? The brakes were all redone early last year with rebuilt calipers from Advance Auto/O'Reilly's installed and all the hardware,wedges,etc., cleaned and reused. All hoses replaced and the system has been flushed and bled many times.

I'll be buying some new pads and rotors soon and if there are other parts I need to solve this, I'd like to get them at the same time.

[TulsaSpider]

Also inspect the control arm bushings. If they are shot it will cause this issue.

[azruss]

try driving in reverse and slam on the brakes. This reverses the load the calipers and can allow them to reset on the sliders.

[majicwrench]

Heck jack up car and see if the brakes drag on any one wheel. If it only does it hot not likely bushing issue, but why not look?? And tires cause a lot of pulls, if brakes don't drag try swapping front tires side to side.
Keith

[digitech]

Well, tried the reverse/slam on the brakes thing but it didn't help. I'm out of town for the weekend so won't get back to it until next week. Drove it about 75 miles today doing some running around and there is definitely no pulling when cold but after they heat up, you'll do a right turn if you have to hit the brakes and aren't ready for it.

Next week I'll pickup one of those infared thermometers from Harbour Freight and see what that tells me.