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Hey guys just looking for some help with my 97 plymouth neon. Ok so i went for a fairly short drive around town and when i came back and parked the car in the garage i could smell something very hot and sure enough it was my front right wheel i couldn’t even touch it, it was so hot. So the next day i had and oil change at a local shop and asked them if they could look at it for me (I would have done the oil change myself but they can do it cheaper than i can). They said it was my calipers and the slide pins were in fact froze to the caliper with rust couldn’t break them loose, they also told me i would need new brake hoses. So long story short i took the car home and found the parts i needed and i installed new calipers, rotors, pads, and brake hoses in the front of my car. After i finished i bled the front brakes and topped of the master cylinder. Took it for a drive and now all four wheels are getting hot, what is going on with my car? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt
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Jack up the car and hand spin the wheels. see if they spin
freely. sounds like there is pressure on the system. try and
open the bleed screw and see if pressure shoots out. where the
new calipers installed with the bleed screw up?sometimes the seals in the master cylinder get swollen and block the passage that allows the fluid to return to the reservoir. The brakes will get hot and drag, the farther you drive, the worse the problem gets.
To confirm this, squeeze one of the caliper pistons to push the fluid back to the master, if its very hard, this is most likely the problem.
Brakes are supposed to get hot. Friction stops your car and friction makes heat. Jack it up and have someone press on the brake. Release the brake while turning the wheel. They should turn as soon as the brake is released. There should only be slight drag.
If you can’t turn the wheels after the brakes are released open the bleeder on each wheel. If the fluid shoots out then something is causing the brakes to be held on. If no fluid comes out then i don’t think you have a problem.
[quote=”wysetech” post=64750]Brakes are supposed to get hot. Friction stops your car and friction makes heat. Jack it up and have someone press on the brake. Release the brake while turning the wheel. They should turn as soon as the brake is released. There should only be slight drag.
If you can’t turn the wheels after the brakes are released open the bleeder on each wheel. If the fluid shoots out then something is causing the brakes to be held on. If no fluid comes out then i don’t think you have a problem.[/quote]
Sound like you have nothing to worry about. More than likely the lube tech mentioned brakes hoping you would agree for him to do it.
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