| RH Front Brake overheat [message #60062] |
Wed, 14 October 2009 10:35  |
Jon payne
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Registered: May 2008
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Hi everyone,
Yesterday I was took the GMC out of the barn and drove it to the house to finish up some interior work. The barn is about 9 miles from the house and about half way home I started to smell what seemed to be brake burning smell. When I got it to the house and backed in the drive my brake light came on and the pedal went to the floor.
I jump out and saw smoke coming from the RH wheel. No doubt I have a locked up caliper. Crap! It got hot enough to soften up/melt the Alcoa look-a-like plastic wheel cover. So as a result I will be replacing both calipers and the front brake lines (and the melted wheel cover).
I am concerned about the bearings in the hub. This summer I sent both hubs to Dave Lenzi and he did his magic on them (so I got the grease fitting installed as well). Anyway do you think the high heat generated from the dragging brake could have caused any damage to the bearings? I'm thinking not do to the relative short drive and the fact it is packed with Mobile 1. My thought is to flush out the grease via the zerk fitting and see if the grease has been discolored. If it is still nice and red then I presume the bearings are okay.
Any thoughts/comments would be appreciated!
Jon
Jon Payne
76 Palm Beach
Westfield,IN
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