Re: Get more brakes...

[Peter Orban <ORBAN@nrcamt.iamt.nrc.ca>]

...
> Back to
> the mechanic.  "One of the calipers is hanging up, he said".  Looking at the
> wheels (for any clues) I noticed there is more brake dust on the right front
> than the left.  Not much more, but definitely the covering is a shade darker
> than on the left, so I bet on that one.  I took the wheels off last week, and
> noticed they had been overtightened to the point of needing a breaker bar to
> loosen up the bolts (oh, oh!).  We dismounted the right caliper and
> "exercised" it.
...
> 	I'm sure the overtightening of the wheels had something to do with it,
> but what else can it be?  Can the right caliper (the one producing more brake
> dust) be not opening all the way, and as a result overheating -and warping-
> the rotor ever so slightly that you can't see or feel it as you inspect it?
>


I found that the best way to feel which brake is dragging is by touching the
wheel hubs after a drive. Left and right shoud have the same temperature.

Overtightening the wheel lugs could warp the disk, you would feel pulsing of
the brake pedal when braking.

Good luck, Peter
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Peter Orban
National Research Council of Canada
Internet: peter.orban@nrc.ca