Brake pad change then hot smell and temp from area.

[ZapMan]

2001 Chevy Blazer 4 x 4 Lt with a 4.3l

I replaced the rear brake pads and now it smells very hot (and feels very hot).

I took apart again and made sure caliper was still floating, cleaned slide pins and reassembled.

Went on a 10 mile drive and hot again.

Is the caliper sticking, or the pads just wearing in?

Seems to be more on one side, but both side hot.

[CAMAN]

Caliper is frozen. Pick up a remanufactured one from Napa, its actually fairly reasonable.

[leech~~]

Caliper is frozen. Pick up a remanufactured one from Napa, its actually fairly reasonable.

Plus +1

[delcecchi]

Just to satisfy my curiosity, wouldn't a frozen caliper have shown up when the pistons had to be pushed back to put the new pads in? (been a long time since I did this type of job but I recall having to push the pistons back into the caliper to make way for the new pads. I wonder what happened to that big C clamp?)

[leech~~]

Just to satisfy my curiosity, wouldn't a frozen caliper have shown up when the pistons had to be pushed back to put the new pads in? (been a long time since I did this type of job but I recall having to push the pistons back into the caliper to make way for the new pads. I wonder what happened to that big C clamp?)

Some times it's not always the pistons but the corrosion of the slide areas that keep it from moving when the piston pushes out.

[CAMAN]

I replaced the front disc's and pads on my truck recently and while one pad was more worn than the other I didn't think anything was too bad to make me think anything was amiss. The pistons moved back relatively easy with c clamps. Slapped everything back together bled the brakes and when I went to turn the rotor before putting the tire back on it wouldn't budge without the aid of a 2x2. Took everything back apart and pulled the caliper. One of the pistons was now completely frozen in place. Maybe some contaminants fell into the piston bore while I was working on it, I don't know, but it didn't show up until everything was buttoned back up. Napa sold me a reman for about $80 and it worked perfect. I'm thinking I should probably replace the other calipers as well just to be safe, but I was worn out crouching on the floor all day (if anybody has taken the rotors off a Colorado they understand why it takes all day[horrible design]) and decided to leave it for another day.

Oh and FYI, when you bring your old caliper in with you for the core charge bring the mounting bracket as well.

[ZapMan]

Well i decided to replace everything. I figured that the rotors might be warped since I was getting a shake. I also bought new pads again so I could start with fresh. New calipers were also installed. So after doing both rear wheels and a test drive, all seems fine.

Thanks for the help

Brad