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Old 08-05-2010, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
stop and go is very harsh on the front breaks. lots of friction heating them up, and very little airflow cooling them off. it's the nature of the beast. to see if the heat is a problem, with a cold car, drive 100 feet, stop normally, then drive another 100 feet, and check the temps. if still cold to the touch, you are fine, if they are very warm, investigate the caliper release system again.
Even so hot you can barely touch them? I don't feel like my Jeep or 240D gets as hot, although certainly wheel design may have to do with that (240 has hubbies and the Jeep has different material wheels and bigger holes in them). I'll give the 100-ft test a try. After a short bit of driving (i.e., I drive to the grocery store) they don't get very hot. But usually when I drive around a lot, or drive to work and hit a lot of lights, it gets ferociously hot.
I can't really compare whether it's gotten hotter than before the brake issues and repairs, because before I knew of brake issues, I didn't obsessively feel my wheels.
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