Just wrapped up a 5 day long timing belt/water pump changeout, dropped the top and ran some errands today to test the motor. The motor did great.
Unfortunately, the brakes did not. I had a slight smoking problem before that I knew was going to have to be addressed, specifically coming from the front passenger's side calipers.
Drove it around for about 15 minutes, kept it close to home, the same caliper began smoking. Told the wife we needed to get it home. I'm dropping her off at the store and she shouts, "The wheel is on fire, honey." I actually didn't believe her at first, jumped out, sure enough, flames were coming through the rims. I doused it with the only thing I had handy, a cold dr. pepper...took two shots and it went out. Bought a gallon of water in the store and hosed it down, let it cool off for an hour and limped it home. It didn't smoke at all on the way home.
Anybody's guess...what's going on here? The brakes I think are dragging, because it barely feels like the car isn't coasting as well as it should when you take your foot off the accelerator at about 30 mph. Key wod is barely. The brakes don't pull when I stop the car, so I think a caliper is dragging. I've never had an issue like this with disc brakes before. The previous owner, who is a friend of mine, had the pads and rotors changed out before she sold it to me (and I have the paperwork to prove it), so I can't think of anything else but a dragging caliper.
I'm going to wait overnight and let it get good and cooled off. Without spending any money right off the bat, what should I start with? Pull the caliper and c-clamp it back down? When I had the tire off to replace the timing belt, that caliper didn't seem to have any more drag on it than any other set of pads would have on a rotor. You could turn the rotor in your hand, though you could feel the pads slightly gripping it.
Are the pads maybe made of a bad material? Or do all roads point to the calipers?
All suggestions welcome.
Unfortunately, the brakes did not. I had a slight smoking problem before that I knew was going to have to be addressed, specifically coming from the front passenger's side calipers.
Drove it around for about 15 minutes, kept it close to home, the same caliper began smoking. Told the wife we needed to get it home. I'm dropping her off at the store and she shouts, "The wheel is on fire, honey." I actually didn't believe her at first, jumped out, sure enough, flames were coming through the rims. I doused it with the only thing I had handy, a cold dr. pepper...took two shots and it went out. Bought a gallon of water in the store and hosed it down, let it cool off for an hour and limped it home. It didn't smoke at all on the way home.
Anybody's guess...what's going on here? The brakes I think are dragging, because it barely feels like the car isn't coasting as well as it should when you take your foot off the accelerator at about 30 mph. Key wod is barely. The brakes don't pull when I stop the car, so I think a caliper is dragging. I've never had an issue like this with disc brakes before. The previous owner, who is a friend of mine, had the pads and rotors changed out before she sold it to me (and I have the paperwork to prove it), so I can't think of anything else but a dragging caliper.
I'm going to wait overnight and let it get good and cooled off. Without spending any money right off the bat, what should I start with? Pull the caliper and c-clamp it back down? When I had the tire off to replace the timing belt, that caliper didn't seem to have any more drag on it than any other set of pads would have on a rotor. You could turn the rotor in your hand, though you could feel the pads slightly gripping it.
Are the pads maybe made of a bad material? Or do all roads point to the calipers?
All suggestions welcome.
