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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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How warm do front hubs get while driving?
I replaced my front rotors and pads and repacked my bearings with high temp grease two weeks ago. Afterwards, the car received a 4 wheel alignment from Steinels' per Todd Serota's (track/street car) specs on the Rennlist. Steinels' also inspected the car for an upcoming DE. Since then I have not driven the car much other than bedding in the new pads. This week-end I took it out for a quick 30 mile jog while it was a nice 75F degree day and when I cam home the front hubs felt warm and the right front was slightly warmer than the left front.
Is this something I should be concerned about or is this normal? I do not remember how they felt prior to the rotor replacement and wonder if I'm just being anal. FYI, I was not particularly hard on the brakes during the drive as it was nearly all freeway, but I did go from 60 to 20 before entering my street which is about a 0.25 mile from my house. TIA Pete Brown '87 Carrera Coupe |
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06-04-2002, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Eastern Long Island
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Chances are that your pedalcluster is a bit bound up and the brake pedal is not returning properly. The helper spring may be gone too. It's possibly causing the power assist to be activating and your brakes are partially engaged causing the heated rotors and consequently hot wheels.
In other words, the brakes aren't completely off. I had it occur on a '79 SC. Try this...Run it and then jack up the car and spin the wheels. You'll at least determine if the pads are contacting the rotor.
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