HELP! My brakes are turning red!!
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HELP! My brakes are turning red!!
Today I replaced all 4 pads and the front rotors and I went for a quick test drive afterwords, the response was not at all good but i suspected that because i switched to low dust pads
..as I got out of the car and walked over i saw smoke coming out of both rears and the passenger side was RED HOT.
I feel so stupid, what did I do wrong?! Someone please help!!
..as I got out of the car and walked over i saw smoke coming out of both rears and the passenger side was RED HOT.
I feel so stupid, what did I do wrong?! Someone please help!!
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Sounds like the parking brake was on or there is something wrong with it. Did you change the brake hardware at the same time? Rears are only a minimal amount of the braking force applied and certainly shouldn't have gotten that hot. I would recommend you take them back apart and take a look (if you didn't leave the e-brake on).
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I'm not sure if this applies to you, but when I got my brakes and rotors replaced I was warned that the first bit of driving the car that does happen(smoke) since manufacturers put a layer of who knows what over new products, it should go away after a day or two of driving, if not just bring it back and explain it to them.
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No that was my first thought but the E-Brake was only on when I did the pad replacement. E-Brake was defentintly off becuase if I put the car in drive it still rolls.
I kept the car in the garage overnight to let the brakes cool. I'll take that brake apart and take a look at it again.
I kept the car in the garage overnight to let the brakes cool. I'll take that brake apart and take a look at it again.
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Update: I took the rears apart. The brake that had heated up was jammed (the pads). So I had to hammer it out. Once I hammered it out I pushed the piston back and released the parking break (while the car was on jacks) and then re-lubed and put everything out, same for the other side as precaution. Then watered the pad and rotor itself because it was dust or something because of the excessive heat. Now it's all fine did a break test and did some hard break tests and jams, car responded better.
As for the Low-Dust breaks, they take some wearing in to feel the response better, for me about 30 miles did the trick.
As for the Low-Dust breaks, they take some wearing in to feel the response better, for me about 30 miles did the trick.
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