sizzling rear rotors

[Ameer Antar]

I'd jack the car up and try turning each wheel. If there's resistance,
there's a problem there. It could be bearings, but I think there's a chance
something isn't working in the braking system, such as a pressure regulator
or misaligned parts as was mentioned before. Also check the front brakes
and make sure they're exerting most of the force. Maybe the rears are
compensating for the fronts. Try working the brakes to emulate what was
happening when you noticed the drag. good luck, this sounds weird.

At 11:50 PM 9/7/2002, you wrote:


>Message: 4
>Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 15:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: sizzling rear rotors
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>
>   listers,
>
>   I'v been having a recent problem with my 87 5ksq non
>turbo that goes like this,
>  I was coming to a stop sign up a little hill when I
>stoped I put the car in nutreal but I didn't roll back
>car kinda felt like it had the E-brake on
>  so when I got home I checked it and noticed that the
>rim and rotor were very hot to the touch so the next
>day I took the caliper apart thinking that the piston
>was frozen but it wasn't ( and my E-brake cables have
>been disconected prior) and blead the system
>  didn't notice any thing after that for a week then
>while pulling in the driveway at night I noticed the
>rear driver side rotor was glowing red but I know that
>the calipers are working
>  what should I be looking at rear wheel bearings,
>brake master
>  allso my brake warning light has been on for a while
>as well the one on the auto display orange triangle
>with BRAKE flashing could this be cause of the master
>being bad or brake servo
>  I run ATE front rotors with aftermarket HP pads, rear
>ATE rotors with aftermarket HP pads, SS lines at all
>corners, and ATE super blue fluid
>  any help would be great
>Thanks
>Ron
>
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