My friend has a 1991 Acura Integra GS, his ABS is currently unplugged due to issues with it. When I drove his car a couple weeks ago the car would push hard to the right and I would have to correct it using the steering wheel. It's very dangerous because when braking hard it feels like the steering wheel is turned all the way to the right when its perfectly straight. It was not like this before it was lowered, and the ABS has been unplugged for quite awhile now without this happening. What is wrong with his brakes?

 

put car on blocks and try spinning the wheels by hand and pressing on the brakes you get the point or try doing the same with car on. What you are trying to do is simulate what the problem is, but it sounds like there is some thing wrong with the right brake you need to check it out.

I think it might be the caliper being stuck or a really bad suspension issue check everything and its related parts.

Q: After the pull to the right does it go away so you can drive straight?

 

No, it doesn't go away, you'd have to steering back left. Anyways I tried to fix this problem earlier today. I noticed his front wheels had toe out, and I knew how toe out on the front wheels have a tendency to go out of control, plus his steering wheel wasn't perfectly aligned when the car was driving straight. I did a simple alignment getting the steering wheel straght and giving him some toe in, before I get him a percise alignment at school. I barely pulls to the right now! Yet, there is still some pull, would it be a problem with the alignment , or just the brakes? I had a thought that I should try bleeding the brake system in case theres some air in one side of the brakes, causing it to respond slower than the other side, just a thought.

 

it can be anything. ive worked on cars where its the calipers being stuck causing unequal brake pad wear and ive worked on cars where its a bad suspension part. wouldnt be a bad idea just to take the caliper off and clean the two little sliders and grease them up real good after you wire brush them, if that doesnt cure it then id start looking at suspension bushings, etc.

 

It is lowered on Skunk2 Sport Shocks with knock off coilovers, but it rides good. Worst part is that when my friend drove home the car started pulling slightly to the right by itself now! Im thinking it is because of the toe in? Or the changed caster when I adjusted his front camber?

 

An alignment should fix that

 

yaa deff. alignment

 

I agree. before I got my toe straightened out my car would yank right or left when braking depending on the road. I would have to put a death grip on the wheel to keep it in the lane sometimes. After alignment it barely does it.

 

I will do an alignment ASAP, I will get back with results soon, and we'll work from there. Hopefully its just alignment.

 

My DD did that. Rear end was off...