Leveled and now brakes seem off. Calipers or??

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ArmedArtist

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So I finally installed my Ford Keys, Z71 coils, spacers, sway bar extenders and Bilstein 5100's. The Tahoe looks amazing now. But now that its "lifted" when I hit the brakes kinda hard, the front driver wheel seems to grab a bit more than the other side and the wheel pulls some. All the other parts on the truck looked ok. One balljoint needs replacing because of a torn boot but other than that it seems to be ok.

So think I should clean/rebuild the calipers and see if that helps? Anyone else have some front end issues after leveling?
 
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Had it done. Did the level stuff. Drive it to get new tires mounted. Then went to alignment shop.
 

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Try and compress the pistons in calipers, check the caliper slides, other than that it's hard to say without it being in front of me.

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It feels to me that the diver side is grabbing more then the pass side. And thats whats making it want to pull. Maybe its always done it and I just now feel it with the new Keys and a good alignment again?
 

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If the rh front caliper has pistons that are seized it can't extend the piston effectively to produce proper clamping force on the rotor.

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I think from the posts so far that I am feeling the jounce gap. Should I fix that? And also now that the jounce gap is pronounced I can feel what the brakes have probably been doing for a while. Ill look into the caliper upgrade. Will I need the new booster also?
 

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Order 07-13 front brakes and there 1" bigger so need new rotors and pads. Hydro boost is a plus but not required. Stainless steel lines helps also. Then set jounce spacers and get normal drive with hella brakes
 
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