sizzling rear rotors again

[RYAN ALAN HOITINK]

Ron,

Your rear wheel bearing is a very likely culprit.  I just went through
exactly the same ordeal with my vehicle, actually still going through it
because I messed up the hub when I was pressing it out, so I have to put
a different one in(tomorrow).  I had known that my wheel bearing was bad
for some time, as evidenced by noise when I loaded the driver's side of
the car in a turn.  So, it was fairly easy for me to diagnose.  If you
get the same noise, I guarantee that this is your problem.  Also, my DS
rear brake would squeak after driving the car a little while, which
indicated that that friction was light, but constant.  Also, if the
caliper asembly comes off/goes onto the rotor relatively easily, it's an
indication that the friction is not caused by the caliper squeezing the
pads.  At any rate, a wheel bearing will run you about $55.00 from any
online source, and for reference, all 4 wheel bearings (and hubs) on
this car are the same.

HTH

-Ryan



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Listers,

  I thought I had taken care of this but it's reared
it's ugly head again
 a month ago or so i posted about my rear brakes being
hot as hell
sizzling I mentioned on my 87 5ksq non turbo so
I totaly disconnected the e brake cables from the rear
calipers watched the rotors and calipers for a while
and no excessive heat just normal wear
 earlier I did all kinds of stuff to the calipers took
them apart, cleaned everything re blead anything any
of you would have done
but just tonight the same simptoms have come up again
 driver side rear caliper, rotor and rim are VERY hot
 pass side is fine, just like last time
could it be a the driver side rear wheel bearing or is
it the master cylander? or maybe the guide pins are
shot?
 All those probly seem like a good place to re start
my problem,
 seem logical to anyone else?
 Any advise out there?
Thanks
Ron

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