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Harry Face
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject:
Left Front Smoking ! |
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Well today I went to see one of the goodwrenches at Chevy to borrow his
" test Module " , he's not there ! Been out four weeks from injuries on
a motorcycle accident.
Anyway I go for a drive of about 12 miles, come home thinking I'll let
my regular mechanic check out my runnability problem, I get home & I
smell something burning. Open the hood & see smoke coming from the LF
side.
Jack the car up, remove LF wheel, the hub area, caliper are hot as hell.
I hope my 3 month old NAPA Caliper didn't seize up. Looking at the brake
pads there is still plenty of material left, no excess amount of brake
dust around. Maybe the wheel bearing hub is shot? Its a replacement
with about 175,000 miles on it.
Well in 4 hours when it cools down I'll have another look at it.
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Harryface
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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey
_~_~_~296,998 miles_~_~_
~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_
~~~The Former Fleet ~~~
89 Cavalier Z 24 convertible
78 Holiday 88 coupe
68 LeSabre convertible
73 Impala sedan
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noname
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:02 am Post subject:
Re: Left Front Smoking ! |
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Its the hose more than likely Harry...
"Harry Face" <harryface@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:22655-41B896A9-97@storefull-3116.bay.webtv.net...
| Quote: | Well today I went to see one of the goodwrenches at Chevy to borrow his
" test Module " , he's not there ! Been out four weeks from injuries on
a motorcycle accident.
Anyway I go for a drive of about 12 miles, come home thinking I'll let
my regular mechanic check out my runnability problem, I get home & I
smell something burning. Open the hood & see smoke coming from the LF
side.
Jack the car up, remove LF wheel, the hub area, caliper are hot as hell.
I hope my 3 month old NAPA Caliper didn't seize up. Looking at the brake
pads there is still plenty of material left, no excess amount of brake
dust around. Maybe the wheel bearing hub is shot? Its a replacement
with about 175,000 miles on it.
Well in 4 hours when it cools down I'll have another look at it.
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Harryface
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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey
_~_~_~296,998 miles_~_~_
~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_
~~~The Former Fleet ~~~
89 Cavalier Z 24 convertible
78 Holiday 88 coupe
68 LeSabre convertible
73 Impala sedan
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Sportster4Eva
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:19 am Post subject:
Re: Left Front Smoking ! |
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noname wrote:
| Quote: | Its the hose more than likely Harry...
snipped harry's tale of woe |
Related to this... If your caliper/rotor got hot enough to cause the
brake fluid to boil, (what is the boiling point of brake fluid anyway?)
would it require you to flush and refill and bleed the brake system?
Does it ruin the fluid getting it that hot?
Harry,
You better clean and repack those wheel bearings after that little mishap...
--
Paul
'91 XL1200
'77 GL1000 (W.I.P.)
"I feel more like I do now than when I got here"
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Harry Face
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:42 am Post subject:
Re: Left Front Smoking ! |
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PAUL
Its a FWD car - there is no way to clean & repack wheel bearings.
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Harryface
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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey
_~_~_~296,998 miles_~_~_
~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_
~~~The Former Fleet ~~~
89 Cavalier Z 24 convertible
78 Holiday 88 coupe
68 LeSabre convertible
73 Impala sedan |
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Steve Mackie
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:45 am Post subject:
Re: Left Front Smoking ! |
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| Quote: | Related to this... If your caliper/rotor got hot enough to cause the brake
fluid to boil, (what is the boiling point of brake fluid anyway?)
would it require you to flush and refill and bleed the brake system?
Does it ruin the fluid getting it that hot?
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http://www.shotimes.com/SHO3brakefluid.html |
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Harry Face
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:56 am Post subject:
Re: Left Front Smoking Update |
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Update,
R & R'd the LF caliper. Slides were still sliding freely, so I
re-greased them. No wear on the pads, nor was one pad heavily worn down
to indicate a stuck caliper. NAPA Caliper was new in Sept.
Up on jack stands , with the caliper & rotor off, I run the car in
drive. No noises coming from the wheel bearing hub area.
When it was smoking it didn't smell like brake pad odor, more like
petroleum grease burning, leading me to think it was the wheel bearing
hub.
After reassembly braking seems normal. I didn't take it for to long a
drive, Mother wanted her car put back together. Finally put all her
chrome trim back on the quarter panels. Weather here was decent for a
change.
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Harryface
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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey
_~_~_~297,024 miles_~_~_
~_~_~_~_U.S.A._~_~_~_~_~_
~~~The Former Fleet ~~~
89 Cavalier Z 24 convertible
78 Holiday 88 coupe
68 LeSabre convertible
73 Impala sedan |
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Rich B
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:41 am Post subject:
Re: Left Front Smoking Update |
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Like the man said, it's most likely a bad brake hose Harry. If it were
the hub or wheel bearing, you would probably have a thump, not smoke.
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Geoff Welsh
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 5:41 am Post subject:
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Sportster4Eva wrote:
| Quote: | what is the boiling point of brake fluid anyway?
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Depends on whether it's DOT 3 or DOT 4...it's labeled on every bottle.
| Quote: | would it require you to flush and refill and bleed the brake system?
Does it ruin the fluid getting it that hot?
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The fluid won't boil unless it's contaminated in which case it should
have been flushed anyway.
Harry takes good care of that car, so the fluid should have been flushed
within the last couple years.
GW |
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Sportster4Eva
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Sat Dec 11, 2004 12:40 am Post subject:
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Harry Face wrote:
| Quote: | PAUL
Its a FWD car - there is no way to clean & repack wheel bearings.
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Got it!
I should have read your sig more carefully....
My bad. Good luck with it. :-)
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Paul
'91 XL1200
'77 GL1000 (W.I.P.)
"I feel more like I do now than when I got here" |
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