TOD Malfunction ?

[ISCE]

Hello fellow Marylander,

I was out this morning too, no TOD problems this time. I did however experience almost exactly what you are describing in the past. What I found out was I had my right side rims all packed with snow, and I think it just totally threw off the TOD. I have NO idea how all that snow got in there

After stopping and cleaning out the snowpack the TOD went back to normal. Now, after playing I always clean out the rims before heading back onto the road and all is well. Never saw the Check TOD lights again.

Roads weren't too bad this morning, biggest problem was the 3 foot wall at the end of our cul-de-sac where we have yet again been plowed in! Still no plow down our street here. Took me a few times hitting the end to get through but I did.

Jay

[mbeach]

A little OT, but since it's your turn to be in deep snow, I thought that I'd share this with you guys.


My Ironman has been laid up for about 2 weeks now, thanks to heavy snowpack in the wheels.
A few weeks ago, I packed the entire rear of the truck with snow during a 600 mile drive across the interior. I mean, it was jammed in EVERYWHERE -I couldn't open the rear hatch, I couldn't even see my gas tank, the springs were packed as well as the wheels. But even worse, the brake calipers were packed with snow.

I broke out what snow that I could with sticks and scrapers (it was very cold, and laying on my back under the truck was not any fun.) I even parked it in a heated bay for 18 hours. A fair amount of the snow melted off, but the stuff in and around my brake calipers just melted and refroze. It continued this thaw-freeze cycle for a week until the rear calipers locked up altogether. This boiled my brake fluid and ate up the pads within a few miles.

So, now I'm looking at: New pads and rotors (all around, no sense in doing half), a total brake fluid flush and fill, and a new master cylinder (I think that the increase in line pressure thanks to the iced calipers lack of travel burst a seal). Either way, it's leaking now.
This isn't all bad this gives me a chance to get rid of my eBay cheapie pads/rotors (lecarautomobiles, avoid like the plague) and get the same good ones that we had on the Dragon (r1concepts).

Moral of the story:
Once you bust that snow out of the wheels and calipers, use some WD-40 or anything else that'll displace moisture. Use a lot, and let the calipers dry out before venturing back out into the cold.