Thread: Brake temp issues when towing

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Both items work fine....
The car however.....

BPL ?

Dunno what to say,, had wifts of smells at home sometimes, then first time with the van slowing to a roundabout from the highway, then 10 secs later to a dump spot, get yelled at by Di in the navigators seat "theres smoke coming out"
front left was pretty hot.. much more than the right,
no pulling, no vibes. RACQ wouldnt even jack the wheel up..
Luckily our Yandina campsite was only 5 kays away, though when we got there the RIGHT side was hotter than the left????
Coming back through Maroochydore this morning got a single brake squeal but both sides were cool when we parked??

Bearings or brake pads?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Dunno what to say,, had wifts of smells at home sometimes, then first time with the van slowing to a roundabout from the highway, then 10 secs later to a dump spot, get yelled at by Di in the navigators seat "theres smoke coming out"
front left was pretty hot.. much more than the right,
no pulling, no vibes. RACQ wouldnt even jack the wheel up..
Luckily our Yandina campsite was only 5 kays away, though when we got there the RIGHT side was hotter than the left????
Coming back through Maroochydore this morning got a single brake squeal but both sides were cool when we parked??

Land Rover Tech says all wonderful, bearings, pads, discs,
There was a TSB issued for squeaks on Brembos, add slide lube basically.
The Tech says to rekit both calipers.

which would fix that problem,,,

if my problem is THAT problem..


https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...06443-9340.pdf

I hope that’s just it mate, and sounds about right as smoke from the front ends just sounds so un natural, and no reason for it apart from something being over tightened or dry.

Here’s hoping.👍

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Land Rover Tech says all wonderful, bearings, pads, discs,
There was a TSB issued for squeaks on Brembos, add slide lube basically.
The Tech says to rekit both calipers.

which would fix that problem,,,

if my problem is THAT problem..


https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...06443-9340.pdf

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Dunno what to say,, had wifts of smells at home sometimes, then first time with the van slowing to a roundabout from the highway, then 10 secs later to a dump spot, get yelled at by Di in the navigators seat "theres smoke coming out"
front left was pretty hot.. much more than the right,
no pulling, no vibes. RACQ wouldnt even jack the wheel up..
Luckily our Yandina campsite was only 5 kays away, though when we got there the RIGHT side was hotter than the left????
Coming back through Maroochydore this morning got a single brake squeal but both sides were cool when we parked??

Have you verified your brake controller is working properly?

Shouldn't matter, the D2 did the same manuver many times without van brakes and nothing bad happened. Both fronts should be equally hot,,
Any bit the bullet and towed to our second favourite spot, Kandanga, and yes, front left was a lot hotter than the right( which was only warm.. )

in my limited experience

there is always one electric brake that is hotter than the others

and it is nearly always on the left side....

just been my experience

what size is the brake wiring to the plug on the vehicle ?