pothole damage

[Ben Kwan]

Didn't sound like a click-click.  It sounded like the back of the
donut was catching the caliper but I pulled the donut off and the
black paint on the back of the wheel still looks intact.

I'm going to put the OE summer wheels back on tomorrow AM to see if it
makes a difference.

Ben


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:47:44 -0500, Kent McLean
<kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Ben Kwan wrote:
> > I nursed the car home and  notice that the donut was much warmer
> > than all the other wheels.  Did I damage a wheel bearing in process?
> 
> Can you further define the "scraping" noise?  CV joints
> will go click-click-click with each revolution of the
> wheel. Awheel bearing will make a continuous noise and
> get louder (or quieter) when you turn, as more weight is
> applied to it (or removed from it).  I don't know if a
> bad wheel bearing will heat up the wheel, though.
> 
> FWIW, I had a rear wheel brake caliper where the brake
> pads failed to retract that caused the rotor to glow and
> the wheel to get warm, almost hot to the touch.
> 
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>