[Shotimes] 98 Contour brakes??

[Shaun & Meggen Livermore]

Where is the tension rod bushing located/looklike?  I'll check it out.


-----Original Message-----
From: James White [mailto:greensho@crown.net] 
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 10:11 PM
To: Shaun & Meggen Livermore; Shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 98 Contour brakes??

Have you looked at the tension rod bushings on the left side?  If they
are
worn more than the right, the caster and camber will change under
braking,
causing the pull to the left.  This is assuming that the suspension is
similar to that of our SHOs.

My '93MTX does that, except to the right, because the right front
tension
rod bushing is shot.  But, gee-wizz, it only lasted 12 years and 285000
miles!

regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'95 MTX - 279k - lots of mods
'93 MTX - 285k - few mods and starting to rust
'95 MTX - 148k - lots of mods


----- Original Message -----
From: Shaun & Meggen Livermore <smlivermore@wi.rr.com>
To: Shotimes <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 1:13 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] 98 Contour brakes??


> Hey guys,
>
> I know it's not a SHO but you guys haven't let me down before, so I'm
> going to ask you.  I have a 98 Contour, which has an unusual braking
> problem.  About a year ago I changed the front pads and rotors and
> everything was fine.  Then about two months later I changed the rear
> shoes and afterwards noticed the car would pull slightly to the left
> when you would brake.  Since then I've tried everything to think of to
> fix the problem.  I readjusted both rear brakes, but that didn't help.
> Also when you use the parking brake to slow down it doesn't pull, so I
> figured it wasn't the rear.  I've replaced the tie rod ends on both
> sides, the wheel bearing and lower control arm on the right ( seemed a
> little worn), and lubricated the hell out of both to ensure they
weren't
> sticking.  Now today I thought I'd try replacing the rotors and pads
> AGAIN in the front and the damn thing still pulls to the left.  It
only
> pulls when you brake; the harder you brake the harder it pulls.  I
also
> inspected the calipers and they appeared to be ok.  I even sanded off
> the rust that was on the out side and checked inside the boot.  Seemed
> ok, nice and shiny (no rust).  I also noticed quiet a bit of grease
all
> over the Right side wheel hub.  Not sure where it is coming from, all
> the boots check out.  The left side rotor did look like it had extra
> wear on the backside though (like it was digging in really hard).
What
> the hell could be wrong with this thing?  Please help!
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Shaun
> 91 SHO +
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