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Perth
Registered:
November 2002
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Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 01:52
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have noticed this over the last week or so. Mainly coming home when I stop I've seen some smoke coming from the wheel arch of my front left. I passed it off as heat build up being expelled when the car stopped, as it was pretty cold. The other thing I thought it could have been was tyres rubbing against the strut, which they have a tendancy to do as they are alittle big. This morning however when I rock up to work I see a fair bit coming again from just the front left. I have proper sized tyres on the front now so that couldn't be it, and the weather, whilst not being beach temp, wasn't frigid either. I looked underneath as best I could and saw the smoke coming out from around the disk.
Is this something to be ultra concerned about? Am I due for pad replacement? The brake pedal feels hard as a rock, although there is sometimes the car has a tendancy to move around under hard braking. Any suggestions would be much appreciated
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 02:00
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Its locking up the front tyre? 
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 02:14
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no, there are no tyre lockups
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Banned user
Location:
ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 02:21
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I'd take everything appart and clean it all, check for any possible oil or fluids being spilled onto the rotors/pads or traces of hub grease..
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 02:28
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yeah, not a bad idea. I just hope it will take another hundred kays as I have to go home then into and out of town tonight, Placebo are playing, woot
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 02:31
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It sounds like you have a seized caliper or master cylinder. Get this seen to immediately! You don't want to muck around when it comes to your brakes.
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 02:53
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| Norbie wrote on Thu, 31 July 2003 10:31 |
It sounds like you have a seized caliper or master cylinder. Get this seen to immediately! You don't want to muck around when it comes to your brakes.
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if its a master cylinder I'm going to be mighty pissed as I just had this repaired about 2 months ago
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
October 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 10:41
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if its a master cylinder I'm going to be mighty pissed as I just had this repaired about 2 months ago[/quote]
warranty to the rescue 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 10:56
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Yeah caliper sounds seized
take it apart lube it up etc etc
see how that goes
i only say that cause u said under hard braking your car likes to steer itself
Ta
Mani
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Location:
Hornsby, N.S.W
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Thu, 31 July 2003 11:23
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check for a seized caliper and also check that there are no sticks or anything like that jamed in between the rotor and the sheild at the back, cause it might be rubbing on the disk and getting really hot, but you dont see any smoke untill you stop cause when you are moving its allways behind you. this happened to a lady that came into my workshop, its just a thought
justin
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Location:
Montrose, VIC
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Fri, 01 August 2003 02:24
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how was placebo? Damned concert in melbourne, I came out with a parking ticket, and a little red slip from 2 unfriendly officers! Wasn't happy...
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Fri, 01 August 2003 03:57
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Placebo was pretty awesome. Most amount of goths I've seen in one place tho which was abit disturbing 
Yeah, its definately something sticking somewhere. I just swapped some wheels over on the front today and while I could semi tighten the front right when it was off the ground, the front left would spin freely once it got past finger tight. I'll pull it apart tomorrow, today I'm concentrating on trying to get my silver car over the pits
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Sun, 03 August 2003 09:24
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yeah its a seized caliper. Took off the wheel and had a look, and the caliper wasn't moving when I put my foot on the brakes, and the wheel wasn't turning as freely as the left. Me and my dad had a quick look around, and when I put the tyre back on it seemed to rotate alittle better then before, but obviously I'm not going to drive on it  Good thing one of my brothers is away for a few months so I'll use his car till either I get that fixed or my other car licensed.
About how much would I be looking at to fix this myself? As in, what would cost of equipment to fix be approx.
Thanks guys
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Location:
Hornsby, N.S.W
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Smoking brakes
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Sun, 03 August 2003 10:09
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if its just a sciezed caliper slide, and its not to major, or you have to do is remove the slide from the caliper and clean and lubricate it and place it all back together
justin
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