jimmymac101 Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Fitted new discs and pads to my Impreza this evening and once fitted took the car for a test drive around the block however when returning the drivers side disc was red hot and smelling of burning! Passenger side is fine Am I right in thinking I've over tighened the caliper and the pads haven't got room to move about ?( movement on slider if I'm correct ) or Is it something else ? Will be loosening up bolts slightly tomorrow night after work Any other ideas and advice is appreciated James Quote
AdamB Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Invest in a torque wrench.Could be a seized caliper. Quote
daniel_g Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Has it got brembo 4 pots? They are quite bad for jamming on, ive had 2 imprezas and theyve both had sticky brakes.Did you push the pistons back far enough?Or could be like you say a jammed pad or slider. Just need to have a look and see whats what Edited September 2, 2015 by daniel_g Quote
jimmymac101 Posted September 2, 2015 Author Posted September 2, 2015 Not brembo 4pots they are standard 2pots they worked perfectly before so fingers crossed it something simple! Will report back tomorrow evening! Pistons went back far enough for me to get caliper back on but maybe it needed some more! James Quote
Keri-WMS Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Very twitchy about the idea of fixing brakes by loosening bolts.....!!!! Get hold of a heap of thick washers and use them under the wheel bolts/nuts (not overtightened, nipped up is fine) to replicate the wheel and allow the disc to be clamped to the hub, and work out exactly what's going wrong by turning the disc by hand with the car in the air. Sliders etc should all work fine even if the bolts are over tightened, find what's sticky / too big / too small / too tight and fix it, don't just guess at something and see if it helps.... Quote
daniel_g Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 If its just a normal caliper setup then check the carrier to hub washers are still on the bolts, most do have them.If one has came off then this can cause the carrier to sit squint and jam the brake on Quote
jimmymac101 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) All sorted ! Caliper was mis- aligned on the carrier so took Caliper off fans after few moments of pissing around getting it aligned correctly bolted it back together and went for a drive and was perfect James Edited September 3, 2015 by jimmymac101 Quote
jimmymac101 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Posted September 3, 2015 Tell me about it, was stressing about it today lol mistakes happen when you run out of day light and rush to finish! James Quote
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