Jim-
Thanks for yout input also...
> As Andy Mace has already pointed out, the heating is the effect of the
> brakes being stuck on, not the cause. The hard pedal is just proof of
> the stuckness.
>
> The real question is why they got stuck. It could be either of two
> causes. One possibility is that s caliper piston could be stuck.
> (I'd guess it less likely to be a rear slave cylinder.) The other
> possibility is that a tear inside one of the flexible brake hoses is
> acting as a valve and preventing any release of pressure.
>
Given your statement, I suspect that it's the front right caliper. I
did drive it for a while, and they were all hot, but it was noticably
the hottest, though I couldn't feel it pulling as I drove.
I'll check with the bleeder valve, and overhaul that caliper. While I'm
in there, I'll check the master cylinder spring, and the brake pedal
spring. The hoses, I think I said are *mostly* new- replaced a few
years ago. I really should go in and do the last few.
Cheers!
;-David
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