Sticking caliper
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:06 am
A year or 2 ago one of the front calipers stuck 'on' - had a lot of smoke and heat!
New caliper, discs and pads sorted it.
A few days ago the pad warning light was on for 1 journey which surprised me as the pads are fairly new and I only do about 7k miles/year.
Anyway, driving it on the m/way yesterday and I got an increasingly bad front wheel wobble. Thought I had a flat so stopped and looked. All OK. Continued the (short) journey and noticed a burning smell. When I arrived I checked the wheels and one was very hot, so seems like a caliper (same one as last time). It was OK on the journey home.
So, is there anything (maybe the auto-hold system?) that could affect this, or can it only be a sticky caliper?
New caliper, discs and pads sorted it.
A few days ago the pad warning light was on for 1 journey which surprised me as the pads are fairly new and I only do about 7k miles/year.
Anyway, driving it on the m/way yesterday and I got an increasingly bad front wheel wobble. Thought I had a flat so stopped and looked. All OK. Continued the (short) journey and noticed a burning smell. When I arrived I checked the wheels and one was very hot, so seems like a caliper (same one as last time). It was OK on the journey home.
So, is there anything (maybe the auto-hold system?) that could affect this, or can it only be a sticky caliper?