Q: When braking, front goes right and rear goes left

asked by on June 28, 2016

When applying the brakes, the front goes right and the rear goes left, at the same time. I bled all four bleeders and changed the drum pads. Doing that did help for about three days, but now it’s doing it again. In your professional experience, what will fix this?

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