We have had the same problem on my son's Series 3 GT. We haven't figured
it out, but he has the same brake dust on the right side but it pulls to
the left. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob Berghult
Series IV, B9405637 LRX 39 (mine)
Series 3 GT, B9203825 GT LRX 39 (son's)
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 08:26:40 +1000 "Russell & Neola"
<rmaddock@petrie.hotkey.net.au> writes:
> Since I got my Alpine back on the road I've been having problems with
> it
> pulling left under braking. I thought I had fixed it only to have it
> start
> up again. It only seems to be happening when the brakes are hot ie
> after
> I've been driving for a while.
>
> I pulled out the brake pads to inspect them. When I pulled out the
> pads on
> the right hand side, there was a lot of brake dust caught between
> the outer
> pad and the disc. The outer pad seems to be badly marked up in one
> corner. I
> don't think it could be caused by a problem with the disc because I
> would
> think this would cause the scratches to be in an even arc across the
> pad.
>
> The scratches are in one corner only and are in circles and spirals
> as
> though someone was using coarse sandpaper in a circular motion.
>
> Any thoughts on what is happening? I've been wondering if there is
> something
> wrong with the friction material and it's breaking up.
>
> Russ
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