Brakes? What brakes?

[PRattenbury]

I bought my truck last winter. It sat in the garage until a few weeks ago when I got it running again. I've had a few catastrophes like fuel leaks, tranny going out, getting screwed by a 'service center' for some front end work... but anyway, water under the bridge. At last, I drove the truck back and forth to work for two weeks. It was pretty plain I had brake issues, but the truck would stop, and it had some pedal, so I thought what the hell. Anyway, I did not get the key for the locking lug nuts when I got the truck. I'm sure I've mentioned this before. I got the lugs off finally and set about doing the front brakes. I got new rotors, bearings, grease seals, and pads. I had rotor warpage for sure, and I'm thinking I was hearing a bearing starting to howl on the passenger side. So I started on the left front. I got the rotor part done just fine. I got a laugh out of the box the rotor came in. It was made in China, and sent to Mexico. And somehow it made it to Arkansas. Amazing. Anyway, I went to compress the caliper so I could get it back on with the new pads. I opened up the master cylinder cover. No juice in the rear brake compartment. No rear brakes, I gather. Not surprised. They don't do much of the overall stopping anyway. I put a c-clamp on the caliper and start trying to compress. No go. So I open up the bleeder and try again. It compresses. So I gather I had a bad hose on the left front. No juice going there. So no rear brakes, and no left front. That explains the pulling to the right when I hit the brakes. I got the left side back together, but I know it has the bad hose. I'll do the passenger side tomorrow, get it back together, and then pull the rears and see why I have no brakes back there. Then I'll go to the store and get the hose for the left front and whatever else I need for the rears. But what a horror show this thing is. Brakes on one wheel! Uh, with a warped rotor and bad bearing...