Excessive Heat from Brakes???
I have a 00 Mustang and i just changed my front brake pads 2 days ago. Today i noticed a burning smell coming from just the front left wheel. Ive changed pads before but never had this issue. Any help apprieciated.
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Stuck caliper. Happened to me on my second set of brakes.
Mustangs are bad for this. Is it one or both wheels? Mine just happened to one and it made the wheels hot to the touch. |
If you raise the wheel off the ground and can't spin it by hand your caliper is stuck.
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Originally Posted by krenogin
(Post 476124)
Stuck caliper. Happened to me on my second set of brakes.
Mustangs are bad for this. Is it one or both wheels? Mine just happened to one and it made the wheels hot to the touch. Check your rotors when you change/fix it. Mine were warped from the heat Edit: one of the rears stopped working after I snapped my axle so that could have been the cause for that one... the other rear was just bad. |
Is there anything that can help prevent seized calipers or is it inevitable? I mean what can cause it? lack of use? dry conditions? corrosion or pitting of the pistons? or is it just a Ford design flaw?
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Originally Posted by bigkeeko
(Post 476129)
Is there anything that can help prevent seized calipers or is it inevitable? I mean what can cause it? lack of use? dry conditions? corrosion or pitting of the pistons? or is it just a Ford design flaw?
It has been said by a lot of people that if you were to drain and flush the Dot3 brake system when it was brand new and install Dot 5 fluid that you could eliminate alot of these kinda problems. I think its just a part of life and yoiu deal with it as it comes. |
My problem was the calipers wouldn't "float" because those were rusted/locked up. The only one I had problems with the piston was my 1 rear I didnt break
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