Johnny V
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Jersey Shore
Front Disc Brakes HEAT-UP like a MOFO! ‘89 XJ!
My front brakes were all fine and dandy last month. But after I installed new hubs and universal joints my front brakes heat up incredible hot!
How hot? After a 30 minute drive averaging about 30 mph with a little stop and go traffic thrown in....the spokes on my stock rims were too hot to touch. I can feel the heat radiating off the wheel from about a foot and half away.
I waited about 15 minutes and the right side cooled down where I could touch the disc but still hot...then I assumed the driver’s side was cooled the same and touched the disc and burnt my finger and a got a blister! Said a couple of bad words too!
Also I noticed after driving with the brakes hot the jeep would pull to the right...my guess is the right brake is not as hot as the left and is fading less.
The strange thing it doesn’t feel like the brakes are dragging. The Jeep is as spry as ever. I don’t hear any dragging of the brakes.
I removed each caliper and inspected the discs and pads and they look fine. They have about 5000 miles on them. I wired brushed the “rails” that the pads ride on and re-installed but still the brakes heat up.
A couple of the stainless steel rods that the caliper rides on are pitted...could that be a problem even though they’ve been that way for years...I grease them.
When I replaced my hubs I used a c-clamp on each caliper to hold them in...could that have damaged them or the proportioning valve?
What would be next on the agenda to look at?
Many Thanks,
John V.
My front brakes were all fine and dandy last month. But after I installed new hubs and universal joints my front brakes heat up incredible hot!
How hot? After a 30 minute drive averaging about 30 mph with a little stop and go traffic thrown in....the spokes on my stock rims were too hot to touch. I can feel the heat radiating off the wheel from about a foot and half away.
I waited about 15 minutes and the right side cooled down where I could touch the disc but still hot...then I assumed the driver’s side was cooled the same and touched the disc and burnt my finger and a got a blister! Said a couple of bad words too!
Also I noticed after driving with the brakes hot the jeep would pull to the right...my guess is the right brake is not as hot as the left and is fading less.
The strange thing it doesn’t feel like the brakes are dragging. The Jeep is as spry as ever. I don’t hear any dragging of the brakes.
I removed each caliper and inspected the discs and pads and they look fine. They have about 5000 miles on them. I wired brushed the “rails” that the pads ride on and re-installed but still the brakes heat up.
A couple of the stainless steel rods that the caliper rides on are pitted...could that be a problem even though they’ve been that way for years...I grease them.
When I replaced my hubs I used a c-clamp on each caliper to hold them in...could that have damaged them or the proportioning valve?
What would be next on the agenda to look at?
Many Thanks,
John V.