# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/161 "2013-07-12T16:21:07Z")
> [@NSX, Elise, C6, Viper](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nsx-elise-c6-viper/52983/151): > > This thread is why Ill never do my own brakes. For $200 more its worth not having to fuck with it 9 times after you do it. Gm brakes are so ridiculously easy. It’s almost impossible to FUCK them up ---
**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:** [July 12, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/162 "2013-07-12T16:23:06Z")
Changing the brakes on my Ford isn’t hard either. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/163 "2013-07-12T16:36:04Z")
yet you are still having issues with yours… ---
**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:** [July 12, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/164 "2013-07-12T16:43:21Z")
> [@Photo request, front end of your evo](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/photo-request-front-end-of-your-evo/53109/14): > > yet you are still having issues with yours… :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:** [July 12, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/165 "2013-07-12T17:11:04Z")
> [@Photo request, front end of your evo](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/photo-request-front-end-of-your-evo/53109/14): > > yet you are still having issues with yours… its not the installation ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/166 "2013-07-14T18:57:02Z")
> [@Inspired by the daily Mighty Taco eaters...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspired-by-the-daily-mighty-taco-eaters/53130/57): > > its not the installation Did you ever try getting rid of the cheap aftermarket parts and buy some decent stuff? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/167 "2013-07-14T19:01:52Z")
No. I bought good parts and not the cheap ones and Im done throwing parts at it hoping something fixes it. I didn’t have any problems with the previous pads for over 5k miles and I know its not the pads because I bought the same ones. Something is causing them to get hot, its not the pads themselves. I put about 65k on the cheap pads and rotors the dealer had installed when I bought it too. I wish something would break already so I know what to fix. They got hot after a drive to Saratoga this afternoon and I could smell brakes when I got home. ---
**Author:** ![SDP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SDP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SDP)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/168 "2013-07-14T20:58:31Z")
Did you take the rear brakes apart yet? Or just visual check? I know the Chevys stop way better with fresh rear brakes even though the fronts do most of the work. Didn’t you say those are wearever pads? If so, junk. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/169 "2013-07-14T21:00:08Z")
New brake hose? Reman caliper ? Ford truck? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/170 "2013-07-15T02:17:07Z")
> [@WTfind: seeking sponsors (mods move this where it belongs)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtfind-seeking-sponsors-mods-move-this-where-it-belongs/53133/5): > > Did you take the rear brakes apart yet? Or just visual check? > > I know the Chevys stop way better with fresh rear brakes even though the fronts do most of the work. > > Didn’t you say those are wearever pads? If so, junk. I didn’t take the rears apart but they looked good. No wear on the rotors and still a decent amount of pad. Only 30k on them. I bought the Golds so theyre the better ones. Never had an issue with them before on any vehicle or this one prior to the caliper issue. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/171 "2013-07-15T09:51:43Z")
You probably got a bad reman. Take it back and get a new one. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/172 "2013-07-15T17:44:43Z")
Its doing the same thing as the original. I think theres an issue with the master cylinder or a proportioning valve. I dont have time to fuck with it right now, busy week and weekend this week and I need the truck on Saturday so I dont want to take it apart. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/173 "2013-07-15T17:45:47Z")
“I’ve never changed the brake fluid on any of my cars.” -PJB ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/174 "2013-07-15T17:48:13Z")
I really never have. Never had a reason to. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/175 "2013-07-15T17:49:52Z")
:rofl ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/176 "2013-07-15T18:20:03Z")
paul you do (i hope you do) realize that brake fluid absorbs water over time. its supposed to be changed out every 30-35k ---
**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:** [July 15, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/177 "2013-07-15T18:25:20Z")
Ive really never bothered changing it completely and didn’t know there was a mileage for changing it. I just bled some out when I replaced the calipers. Ive also never changed the coolant in this truck. ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/178 "2013-07-17T20:25:26Z")
I thought it was done by time as well. Like every two years it needs to be done. Flush your brakes Polski. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/179 "2013-07-17T20:36:13Z")
I dropped it off at a shop tonight and theyre gonna do that and hopefully figure out the issue. Ive got no time or patience to keep fucking with it at this point. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/180 "2013-07-18T13:29:02Z")
Contaminated fluid and non working rear brakes are the issues. Apparently the pads were hung up in the calipers. This is after two places told me the rears seemed fine. I’ll have the truck back tomorrow. A little more than I wanted to spend but I don’t have time to fuck with it and really don’t feel like fucking with it right now anyway. I took it to an independent shop around the corner for convenience and my dad has taken a few of his cars there too. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224.md?page=8) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224.md?page=10)