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[Mini_IoW]

Hi

Recently upon braking I have found that my my mini pulls left a little, does anyone know what the problem here might be?

Cheers =)

[pikey7]

could be multiple things. Worn discs/pads, contaminents in fluid, crushed pipe, bad alignment etc etc. Has anything changed "recently"?

Does it subtly pull to the left while driving?

[Charlie28]

Check to make sure the pistons havent seized. If the pistons work better in one caliper, this could cause the car to pull to one size whilst braking.

[mk3cortina]

another thing to check, as ive recently had and fixed without purposefully trying to fix is this. i had a pulling to the right under braking, thought not much of it anyway, and when i bought new tie rods and bushes, the problem has gone. under braking i think the bushes were crappy and old (they looked absolutely knackered) so the tie rod will have pulled back when braking and made the car swerve a bit.

[Mini_IoW]

The car only pulls when braking, just checked the bushes and they don't look to worn. I'm going to be ugrading my discs and and pads within the next couple of weeks anyway so if I haven't fixed the problem by then, then i'll see if that sorts the problem out.

Cheers for the advice

[Mini_IoW]

Check to make sure the pistons havent seized. If the pistons work better in one caliper, this could cause the car to pull to one size whilst braking.

How do I go about checking this? Excuse any naivety.

[mk3cortina]

its drums you have on the front right? take the brake drum off, and the pistons are what pushes the shoes outwards. check that the two pistons are moving free, just give them a push with a screwdriver.

[Charlie28]

You will need to take the Caliper apart, be worth changing the pistons as they are cheap.