# overheating brakes **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 15, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224 "2013-06-15T14:31:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/101 "2013-06-26T19:13:51Z")
Can you feel any pull to one side or the other when you smell it? ---
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/102 "2013-06-26T19:17:27Z")
Do some investigative work. Take the caliper off and see how everything fits and moves. Save yourself a few bucks and learn a thing or two… ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/103 "2013-06-26T19:27:04Z")
It doesn’t seem like its stopping quite right, a little jerky. No pulling to a side though. Ive had it apart a few times lately and didn’t notice anything weird. ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/104 "2013-06-27T01:14:20Z")
> [@Totalled car Updated pics](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/totalled-car-updated-pics/52905/70): > > fuck no. This one is getting paid off by the weekend and Im keeping it. Gonna shoot for atleast 200k out of it. Currently it only has 124k. You’re going to spend a fortune maintaining that thing for the next 76K miles. It starts with brakes, next thing you know the transmission is shot. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/105 "2013-06-27T05:12:51Z")
still cheaper than 5-6 years of car payments ---
**Author:** ![BDSKJChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BDSKJChris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDSKJChris)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/106 "2013-06-27T05:37:42Z")
why not return the parts to advance and go to napa and get good parts? ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/107 "2013-06-27T05:49:48Z")
Napa brakes r junk !!! Every time we have a issue with brakes it’s a napa component . Go to auto part international and get a set of there posi met pads ---
**Author:** ![BDSKJChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BDSKJChris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDSKJChris)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/108 "2013-06-27T05:58:00Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/52847/88): > > Napa brakes r junk !!! Every time we have a issue with brakes it’s a napa component . Go to auto part international and get a set of there posi met pads thats weird i’ve had napa breaks on all of my vehicles and they have been great for me, i do keep up on preventative maintenance though and i know a lot of people who never touch their brakes after installing them…fords brakes have always been problematic in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/109 "2013-06-27T09:38:28Z")
Napa brakes ftw ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/110 "2013-06-27T17:22:03Z")
its not the parts I replaced causing the issue. I took it to the gym tonight and sniffed the wheels when I got home and the left front still smells a bit. At this point Ive got no clue what the issue is since Ive replaced everything on that side and Im sick of fucking with it so Ill probably just drop it off somewhere next week. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/111 "2013-06-27T17:38:56Z")
U sure its the front ? ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/112 "2013-06-27T17:44:47Z")
yeah, I only smell the left front. This thing doesnt seem to stop right either, its a bit odd when stopping. ---
**Author:** ![20wrx09](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/20wrx09/32/6532_2.png) [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/113 "2013-06-27T17:56:47Z")
did you lube anything when you replaced everything? like the ends of the pads where they slide in the caliper bracket for instance ---
**Author:** ![Baumbauer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baumbauer/32/6530_2.png) [@Baumbauer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Baumbauer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/114 "2013-06-27T17:58:05Z")
Unless you twisted the shit out of the brake hose installing it, I’m fresh out of internet advice Paul. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/115 "2013-06-27T18:03:01Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/52847/97): > > did you lube anything when you replaced everything? like the ends of the pads where they slide in the caliper bracket for instance I lubed up the whole backsides of the pads > [@Baumbauer"](#): > > Unless you twisted the shit out of the brake hose installing it, I’m fresh out of internet advice Paul. no twists in it. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/116 "2013-06-27T18:12:12Z")
Jellies get ahold of me sat , ill take a look at it man ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/117 "2013-06-27T18:13:50Z")
shit, I wont be around until later Saturday, probably 5 or 6 because Ive got shit going on until then. ---
**Author:** ![20wrx09](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/20wrx09/32/6532_2.png) [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/118 "2013-06-27T18:16:44Z")
well try putting some lube on the ends of the pads. kinda sounds like you had the same issue i did when i just did my new pads/rotors. i didnt put enough on the end and it was hanging up one end of the pad and not letting the caliper release all the way. i fixed it in a rest stop on my way to a subaru meet in connecticut :lol ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/119 "2013-06-27T18:20:01Z")
In over 70k Ive never had that issue before though, seems like it came out of nowhere. The pads on my truck have a weird spring clip holding them together. ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/120 "2013-06-27T18:29:29Z")
> [@slowrock vs dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slowrock-vs-dirtye30/53064/8): > > In over 70k Ive never had that issue before though, seems like it came out of nowhere. > > The pads on my truck have a weird spring clip holding them together. sounds like you didn’t clean and lube the slides and carrier correctly. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224.md?page=5) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224.md?page=7)