Wheel getting hot ??

[thorpy]

Left rear wheel is getting so hot you cant touch it , Other 3 wheels are normal.

I suspect either wheel bearing or seized caliper ?? wheel seems to rotate ok like its not screeching like the brakes are jammed on.

Any ideas ? , oh and its on an 05 BL legacy.

[lachlan]

Maybe the brakes were jammed on but now it smoked the pads away to nothing . Has it happened multiple times or just once ?

Woman left the hand brake on ?

[ClubSub Mum]

Woman left the hand brake on ?

Male left the hand brake on?

[lachlan]

Impossible .

If the male did it we wouldn\'t be having this discussion ;D

[gotasuby]

Jack car up and see if it turns nicely

[Joker]

 gotasuby said:

Jack car up and see if it turns nicely

Rest of the replies should be deleted

(hint : you wonder why you have negative karma lachlan, or have you figured dumb remarks like that might be an ingredient to the fail~cake)

I tried to say that in a nice way, no ill feeling dude : I know I am a troll/hippo-crit at the best of time, trying to quit myself

[lachlan]

well he hasnt explained the situation very well . and also already stated the wheel rotated freely

im guessing it was something stupid as he hasnt been back to comment .

i think about things differently from you lot

the day karma was introduced i went to - 20 . so that is my zero . +4 aint too bad

edited: dont be a douche.

[funkytown]

rotated freely could either mean driving and \'freely\' or jacked up and \'spins freely\' by hand.

the OP has not said so but Jason being explicit about this makes total sense.

to close, your thinking differently is significantly different to the \'norm\' around these parts on the whole it would appear to me - how you, and the norm react to that is up to you. Just saying.

[DacerX]

not very cool to call people names either

edit: fixed

[thorpy]

Its my mates car , Ill check it next weekend when Im there.

Hes not driving it as only on learners.

When I say it moved freely , I layed down beside it and listened as he slowly drive back and forth , no unusual noise.

TBC

[Joker]

yea sticky calliper OR bearing is 1st best guess, jack it up give it a wobble back ant forth (in and out of car top to bottom of wheel)

and darn I missed all the action in here it seems

[gotasuby]

i will let you know that the bp/bp do rear wheel bearings quite often but if not bearing, (they will have play if it is) then it must either be main brake or park brake jammed on

[G-unit]

my rim was hot when caliper was seized on

[Swindog]

Def your caliper. Legacy did the same.

Drop it out pull the piston sand it up new grease good as gold.

[subieboy]

Same Mrs RS did it as well, wheel became incredibly hot, I vote sticking caliper

[log1call]

Sounds like the brakes sticking alright to get that hot.

It could be caliper or the brake hose swollen inside and letting the high pressure through to put the brakes on, but blocking enough to stop the fluid returning completely. Test it when it\'s jammed on by loosening the bleed nipple, if that free\'s it up, then it\'s the the brake hose. Confirm it a couple of times by jacking that wheel up, getting your mate to put the brakes on, then check whether it turns after he\'s let them off, and then whether undoing the nipple frees them up.

The short wheel bearing life is perhaps caused by over-tightening the bottom link bolt which distorts the bearing housing.

There\'s a technical service bulletin about it on end-wrench.

[thorpy]

For anyone that was interested , I "think" that is was a seized piston or slides , pulled the calliper off and sprayed lots of brakeclean around , pumped the piston in and out a few times , bled the line and reassembled .

Went on an 80km drive and all good.

[log1call]

Well done.