General Tiny noise makes hot wheel ???

[Morty Mort]

Hei.

Our beloved Uno has made a tiny squeeky noise, almost not audible coming from the front somewhere for several months now. Now the noise has gained some dB, so I thought I should check it out.

It is now clear that it comes from the left front wheel. This particular alloy is also warm to the touch, when none of the other three are. So I suspect a brake failure somewhat. Has anyone else experienced this? I haven't removed the wheel etc. yet, but will ofcourse. I'd be happy for thoughts...

Morten.


abarth 14" wheels on good-year eagle ventura. abarth steering. inter-alloy 40 mm lowering. monroe sens-a-track shocks. phoenix gold audio. dalmatian refurnish.

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[custard]

sounds like you have a sticky caliper causing the brake pad to drag.either replace or overhaul the caliper.better sooner than later as it will cost you in pads,disc wear and higher fuel consumption.not too big a job

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[The Negotiator]

Yeah, as custard has said, heat means rubbing disc pads....

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[Neojames2k]

yeah the other guys sound right, mine was doing much the same although had newish pads on it, turns out the little clips on the top + buttom of the pads were the wrong way round and therefore were grinding against the disk