So I got new rotors and pads from R1 and finally put them on a few months ago. While I was in there I repacked my bearings. It seems like my hubs are really hot when I get done driving now.
The problem is that I never really payed attention before.
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So I got new rotors and pads from R1 and finally put them on a few months ago. While I was in there I repacked my bearings. It seems like my hubs are really hot when I get done driving now.
The problem is that I never really payed attention before.
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Hot hubs usually indicate bearing problems. If you repacked a while ago they may just need adjusting. Check them first.
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Do you still have your CVs out? I've never taken apart the front end of my VX before, so I don't know if it is the same as the 91 Trooper, but is there a hub nut in there? Did you possibly over tighten it? Other than lack of grease I can't imagine anything else causing too much friction.
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Originally Posted by alterastro
No, everything is back in and normal, the only change other than rotors is the diff brackets. There is not a nut for the CV's, just for the hubs to remove the rotor. If I loosen the nut then the rotor seemed to have play.
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I believe the load for the bearing adjustment is 5-5.5 lbs.
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well my hands arent really calibrated for 5lbs. Should I have gotten a tool? The hub nut just pretty much unscrewed when I tapped it with a flathead then spun right out so I didnt put it on too tight as far as I could tell. just tight enough to where there was no play in the rotor.
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Too much grease can also cause a build up of heat in the hubs.
You need to pack the bearings well and have residual grease in the hub, but not have it packed tight with grease.
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really?? hmmm cause I got 'em pretty full. I mean I was always taught to pack them til they are basically full
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I measured the temperature on my hubs after having them repacked. I drove about 15 minutes ( my commute to work ) then took the temperature with a infrared thermal thingy. I did this for 3 days in a row , temperature read between 140 fahrenheit and 150 fahrenheit . It was summer time so ambient temps. were in the 90's. I haven't a clue if those temps are normal.
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It could be normal. They aren't glowing or anything. I just was sniffing out my new brakes and felt the hub cause I was there.
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There is a write up on the site. They used a fish scale.
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"Really hot"?
Brakes are dragging!
You're not doing a lot of heavy braking right before you check the temp are you? Brakes will easily put a lot of heat into the hub/wheel even if they're dragging just a little. Bearings - not so much - unless things are BAD wrong. You'd have to crank down on the bearing preload quite a bit - or have totally shot bearings - to get "really" hot - as in can't keep your hand on the wheel very long. Might want to jack a wheel off the tarmac and see how much brake drag you've got...
BTW the 4.4 - 5.5 lbs is for a new bearing and seal. For used bearing/new seal the preload is 2.6 - 4.0 lbs. And you don't even need a a fish scale - just find an object with the desired mass and hang it on a lug bolt at 3 o'clock. I use a gallon milk jug half full of water - hang it on the lug bolt with some wire and turn the preload down until the 4.15 lbs of water won't turn the hub then back off a hair and call it good. This way you don't have to have three hands - gravity takes care of the tension leaving you one hand free to spin and one to tighten...
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dam now i am pi$$ i spent all that money on my snap on inch & foot pound torque wrenches
quite genius & great for the road side fix !!!
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I will check my brakes then. What are the odds I could have two sticky calipers? Other than that I don't know why they would be dragging.
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Well... you say this problem cropped up after you installed new rotors and pads, right? When you replaced the rotors and pads did you remove the rubber bellows from the caliper bores and inspect/clean the exposed part of the pistons before pushing them back into the calipers to make room for the new pads? If not, then odds are pretty good you could have sticky calipers!
The pads take years to wear so a band of crud can develop around the exposed part of the piston. The boot provides good protection from stream fording, pressure washing, salt spray, etc. but it's not 100% leak proof. If in the process of installing fat new pads, you just shove that crudded up part of the piston back into the bore, you run the risk of dragging brakes. (and possibly ruined seal too although it is set back into the bore far enough to avoid that in most cases) Best to take the time to remove the boots and inspect the pistons. If dirty, clean the piston with a brass brush or some brass wool or fine steel wool and rubber friendly solvent (brake fluid works well) hose it off with perc then blow it off with air - especially if you used steel wool. Now you can push the part of the piston that has been exposed for several years back into the bore without fear of it sticking.
Or hey - maybe the new rotors and pads are just a tad thicker than OEM and the tolerances stacked up and you're getting brake drag from that...
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