Cooking smell

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andicole0

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 Tunbridge Wells
Got home from a quick (short) trip to Brighton and back to realise the car was smelling like it had cooked something, on closer inspection the front nearside wheel was so hot I couldn't get near it. It's going to get inspected on Friday, the earliest I could get it done.

I'm suspecting a bjorked bearing.

Andi.
 
Not what you want unless it smelt like bacon :-) Binding/ceased caliper could be the cause too...
 
i suspect its a seized caliper too, especially if the wheel was smoking hot!

Fairly easy to fix yourself too if its the caliper.. as opposed to a bearing.
 
After letting it cool down overnight I jacked it up and the wheel spins freely but with a regular contact noise at one position in the rotation, warped disk I guess from a stuck caliper maybe?

Andi.
 
andicole0 said:
After letting it cool down overnight I jacked it up and the wheel spins freely but with a regular contact noise at one position in the rotation, warped disk I guess from a stuck caliper maybe?

Andi.
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Probably a warped disk.. so the caliper unstuck on its own without any assistance?
 
aquazi said:
andicole0 said:
After letting it cool down overnight I jacked it up and the wheel spins freely but with a regular contact noise at one position in the rotation, warped disk I guess from a stuck caliper maybe?

Andi.
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Probably a warped disk.. so the caliper unstuck on its own without any assistance?
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I was only able to jack the car up and spin the wheel, which I thought would be stuck but wasn't, slight grinding noise part way round each rotation, a lot of brake dust compared to offside front. When braking yesterday I had no pulling to one side (right side I guess with a left side stuck piston) but a squeak under 15 mph.

Andi.
 
Oh dear, just been checking disc stocks and the 'normal' places don't seem to have any in stock.

The discs are only just over a year old, bought from c_w on here.

Andi.
 
Looks like a calliper issue and I may have spotted it before disc and pads are too badly warped/damaged.

Andi.
 
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