Could something have gone wrong during a brake job on 94 Chevy s10?

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I have a 94 Chevy S10 truck. Last week I took it to the mechanics to have the brakes looked at. They replaced the rotors & brakes (not sure if pad or actual shoe & pad). I also had a fuel injector replaced (not related). However, when I picked up the truck and drove it home, the steering was really weird. It would be driving just fine, and then start to pull to the left rather hard. I'd slow down and a little while later I'd get a slight pull to the right. My husband drove it a few days later and he constantly got the pull to the right. Enough so he suspected the drag links. We took it back to the mechanic today, and he can't seem to find anything wrong. I'm thinking it most likely has to be something to do with the brake job because it wasn't acting like this at all before we took it in. The steering and alignment were very good before. It just seems too coincidental not to be.

Am I missing something - could it be something else?
 
if it pulls only when your hitting the brakes then probably you have a caliper hanging up.
 
brakes could be dragging. is any for the wheels getting hot? a good shop will check their work and even take for a road test.
 
it mite be the front wheel alignment and check the air in the tires and if it still does it take it to midas for a free brake check up and see if its the brakes or see if they did it right least that way it they did sonething worng u have proff and take it back to where u took it and have them fix it if midas fine something worng and if they dont call the BBB on them and report them
 
last time i had a car pull first to one side then later to the other side i found that the power steering rack had ripped itself off of the bulkhead,if that the case here its a big job,engine out,interior out , weld the rack back on then replace everything

only other thing i can think of is possibly the wheel nuts havent been tightened correctly after the brakes where done
 
it is possible that corrosion on the caliper pins or calipers where the pads ride could cause intermittent brake sticking. which would require a thorough cleaning and lube, or a sticking caliper or pinched hose which requires replacement.it could also be a brake hose was twisted when the caliper was reinstalled causing it to pinch when cornering-remove and properly install caliper
 
sigh... I don't see how a brake job could effect the cars alignment unless a mechanic maliciously did something. I don't know what could have happened.
 
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