My brakes caught FIRE!! HELP please!! PICS ADDED!
Posted: September 23rd, 2009, 2:30 pm
OK So get this....
I buy the EBC Green pads that are good up to around 500c.... I swap out my old OEM pads for the green stuff on Monday... Then I drive around with no problem... Park the car for the night drive to work no problems, go out get lunch come back to work no problems, drive home.... I made it about 20 min into the drive when all the sudden I started smelling burning brakes... I thought "ohh maybe it's just the break in crap comming off.... I then stopped at a stop light.... and WOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH a HUGE cloud of brake smoke comes over the car and my right rear caliper is ablaze... on fire.... I made a left and pulled over and couldnt even touch the RIM it was so hot... glowing rotor.... And the paint on my caliper is all bubling and the pad is melted on the edges.... So I let it sit for a few and limped it home (I was only about 3 khms away) I got home PISSED OFF, jacked the car up and could still turn the wheel as if nothing happend. So I said OK I will put the OEM pad on and make sure the caliper is not stuck. I could twist it in and out with no problem!! Ebrake was not stuck at all, engages and dissengages fine.
I drive to work today.... SAME THING caliper is smoking by the time I get to work!! I never used the ebrake at all, I could even stick a screw driver and move the pads on the shims so I knew they wernt stuck!!
ANYBODY know what the hell could have got bad with a simple brake job???
I should just let it burn to the ground and got the insurance money!
ALL other pads are fine and not hot... I then had to bring out the 323 winter car a month early today so I can get home!
Top pad was the outer pad which obveously caught fire....
![Image](http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs253.snc1/10035_136748587658_512092658_2769927_4352990_n.jpg)
Bubbly!!
![Image](http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs273.snc1/10035_136748592658_512092658_2769928_5033284_n.jpg)
![Image](http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs273.snc1/10035_136748607658_512092658_2769929_7276274_n.jpg)
Musta been pretty hot since there rated to 500c....
I buy the EBC Green pads that are good up to around 500c.... I swap out my old OEM pads for the green stuff on Monday... Then I drive around with no problem... Park the car for the night drive to work no problems, go out get lunch come back to work no problems, drive home.... I made it about 20 min into the drive when all the sudden I started smelling burning brakes... I thought "ohh maybe it's just the break in crap comming off.... I then stopped at a stop light.... and WOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH a HUGE cloud of brake smoke comes over the car and my right rear caliper is ablaze... on fire.... I made a left and pulled over and couldnt even touch the RIM it was so hot... glowing rotor.... And the paint on my caliper is all bubling and the pad is melted on the edges.... So I let it sit for a few and limped it home (I was only about 3 khms away) I got home PISSED OFF, jacked the car up and could still turn the wheel as if nothing happend. So I said OK I will put the OEM pad on and make sure the caliper is not stuck. I could twist it in and out with no problem!! Ebrake was not stuck at all, engages and dissengages fine.
I drive to work today.... SAME THING caliper is smoking by the time I get to work!! I never used the ebrake at all, I could even stick a screw driver and move the pads on the shims so I knew they wernt stuck!!
ANYBODY know what the hell could have got bad with a simple brake job???
I should just let it burn to the ground and got the insurance money!
ALL other pads are fine and not hot... I then had to bring out the 323 winter car a month early today so I can get home!
Top pad was the outer pad which obveously caught fire....
![Image](http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs253.snc1/10035_136748587658_512092658_2769927_4352990_n.jpg)
Bubbly!!
![Image](http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs273.snc1/10035_136748592658_512092658_2769928_5033284_n.jpg)
![Image](http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs273.snc1/10035_136748607658_512092658_2769929_7276274_n.jpg)
Musta been pretty hot since there rated to 500c....