R-Pow3R3d
Master of Disaster
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2018
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
Background: Foam cannon and pressure washed the 745 on Monday. Left parked since then until this morning.
Story: When I left this morning, I backed up to turn around and the brakes were very squeal-y. Didn't seem unreasonable since I had sprayed them with water days before. About 3/4 of the way through my ~20 mile drive to work it felt like the car was dragging and then I started getting a shake in the steering wheel that felt like a flattening tire but there was no pulling. Couldn't hear any strange noises. Stopped the car, checked the tires, nothing seemed out of place, so I finished the drive. When I got to work, I went to back into a spot in a gravel lot. I stopped in the loose gravel facing up hill, then tried to move further up the hill and it didn't want to go (tire spin). This is when it occurred to me the brakes were likely sticking. Got out and found the front wheels to be emanating a great deal of heat (both of them). I left it to sit for the day and then came back when it was time to leave. When I got in, I tested it on the gravel and on some asphalt to see if it felt like it was sticking anymore and it wasn't. Drove the whole way home with the windows down and radio off. No signs of problems. Once home, checked the wheels and there wasn't any heat coming off of them.
Question: So, what gives?
Follow-up Questions: What should I check? What is the likely culprit? What should I plan to replace in short order?
Story: When I left this morning, I backed up to turn around and the brakes were very squeal-y. Didn't seem unreasonable since I had sprayed them with water days before. About 3/4 of the way through my ~20 mile drive to work it felt like the car was dragging and then I started getting a shake in the steering wheel that felt like a flattening tire but there was no pulling. Couldn't hear any strange noises. Stopped the car, checked the tires, nothing seemed out of place, so I finished the drive. When I got to work, I went to back into a spot in a gravel lot. I stopped in the loose gravel facing up hill, then tried to move further up the hill and it didn't want to go (tire spin). This is when it occurred to me the brakes were likely sticking. Got out and found the front wheels to be emanating a great deal of heat (both of them). I left it to sit for the day and then came back when it was time to leave. When I got in, I tested it on the gravel and on some asphalt to see if it felt like it was sticking anymore and it wasn't. Drove the whole way home with the windows down and radio off. No signs of problems. Once home, checked the wheels and there wasn't any heat coming off of them.
Question: So, what gives?
Follow-up Questions: What should I check? What is the likely culprit? What should I plan to replace in short order?
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