sizzling rear rotors

[Ron Wainwright]

 kneale,

  I didn't go that far
 I cleaned everything and made sure that the pistons
moved freely in and out without much force,
other than that the calipers SEEM to work fine.
 Is there a way to check the master or is it a fix and
see thing?
Thanks
Ron



--- Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> At 03:34 PM 09/07/2002 -0700, Ron Wainwright wrote:
>
> >   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
>
> What does it mean that you "took the calipers
> apart", Ron?  Did you take
> the piston out of the caliper and remove the
> threaded rod it rids on so you
> could clean out the E-brake actuater chamber?
>
> If you did that and still have calipers actuating
> inappropriately, I'd say
> you have a master cylinder problem.
>


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