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  • Thread starter Thread starter 89 Saleen#455
  • Start date Start date Jul 22, 2005
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89 Saleen#455

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I was out taking the car for a little ride today. About 20 mins. into the ride I start to smell something like burning rubber. I pull over and notice some smoke coming from the drivers front wheel well. I take a 16oz. bottle of spring water and throw it over the rotor and caliper. It was SCALDING hot. I baby the car home another half mile and soak the rotor and caliper with a hose for about 5 mins. I'm guessing that the caliper might have frozen stuck and the pads were dragging creating that awful smell??? Any ideas what would cause this to happen? Keep in mind, I don't drive the car hard at all. It really only gets driven 10-20 times all year. The entire brake system was overhauled 3 years ago. The rotors and calipers were replaced, the M/C was replaced, all the pads were replaced, and the entire system was bled and purged of air. Any ideas? Keep in mind that the car is a Saleen, so it has the 4 wheel disk set-up from a Lincoln Mark VIII. I just pulled the drivers front wheel, and it seems to turn OK???? Could the caliper reset itself as it cooled? How should I proceed? I'm just not sure what caused it to lock up in the first place and how I can trace the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Rich
 

Shakerhood

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Just from not being driven often can cause your piston to freeze up in the caliper. You may have not done yourself any favors by soaking a smokin hot rotor with cold water as you may have caused it to warp.
 

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I swear leaving things in these motors alone is worse than running them hard all night like a cheap ho!
 

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Stuck Caliper slide pins ?
Is the pad wearing evenly ?
 
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