hi guys, wondered if anyone could advise me on an issue i've been having with my 2002 Honda Civic.
In the last month or so i'd noticed that my front left wheel was getting really hot, and on a few occasions i could smell burning from it, and both the rims and tyre were very hot. I took it into a garage who said i had seized callipers on both sides at the front and needed the brake discs and pads replacing. They 'freed off' the callipers and changed the discs and pads and told me to come back in a week after driving regularly to make sure it's all OK.
I took it back this morning as requested, they span the wheels a few times and said that all was fine. But i've noticed that the actual brake rotors/discs are still incredibly hot - the left particularly is too hot to touch after only about 10 minutes driving - and the longer i drive the more this heat seems to transfer to the rims.
I've been told by a colleague that this is because either A) the new brake discs take a while to bed in and generate a lot of friction at first or that B) they haven't freed off the callipers properly.
As you can probably tell i'm a complete noob with this sort of stuff, so any help would be massively appreciated. I have a 200+ mile round trip to make on Sunday so i need to decided what i'm doing quickly...any one have any ideas?!
In the last month or so i'd noticed that my front left wheel was getting really hot, and on a few occasions i could smell burning from it, and both the rims and tyre were very hot. I took it into a garage who said i had seized callipers on both sides at the front and needed the brake discs and pads replacing. They 'freed off' the callipers and changed the discs and pads and told me to come back in a week after driving regularly to make sure it's all OK.
I took it back this morning as requested, they span the wheels a few times and said that all was fine. But i've noticed that the actual brake rotors/discs are still incredibly hot - the left particularly is too hot to touch after only about 10 minutes driving - and the longer i drive the more this heat seems to transfer to the rims.
I've been told by a colleague that this is because either A) the new brake discs take a while to bed in and generate a lot of friction at first or that B) they haven't freed off the callipers properly.
As you can probably tell i'm a complete noob with this sort of stuff, so any help would be massively appreciated. I have a 200+ mile round trip to make on Sunday so i need to decided what i'm doing quickly...any one have any ideas?!
