Hi all,
After a short run this evening of about 8 miles I got home and drove forwards onto my drive which slopes downwards. While the engine was still running I popped it into "N" and took my foot off the brake to just let it roll slightly forwards but nothing happened!
I then put it into drive and took my foot off the brake slowly. When I did this the freebie moved forward about an inch or two and then stopped. Eager to find out what this was I pulled the handbrake, popped into "P", turned it all off and went inside to grab a torch.
I shone the torch underneath and placed my hand on the VCU as I remembered someone saying that if the VCU was hot after a short run then it could be faulty. It was only slightly warm and I'd have comfortably been able to hold my hand there for many minutes if I needed to. Then I had the idea to check the wheels so I went around the freebie, placing my hand on each of the wheels in turn. Three were cold but the passenger side rim was hot - So much so that if I'd left my hand there for a few seconds it would have given me a burn.
Finding this, I shone my torch at the rim and found that the brake pad appeared to be against the disc (didn't see a gap) and when comparing this to the drivers' side one, the passenger side had only about half the pad thickness.
It seems as if it's sticking somewhat and may have been doing this for quite some time (hence the worn brake pad).
Any ideas as to what may cause this and how it is to be fixed? I'm going to have to get the pads changed tomorrow or Tuesday anyway now but I'm wondering if there is something simple that I can do to ensure that it won't just happen to the new set.
Thanks in advance,
Andy.
After a short run this evening of about 8 miles I got home and drove forwards onto my drive which slopes downwards. While the engine was still running I popped it into "N" and took my foot off the brake to just let it roll slightly forwards but nothing happened!
I then put it into drive and took my foot off the brake slowly. When I did this the freebie moved forward about an inch or two and then stopped. Eager to find out what this was I pulled the handbrake, popped into "P", turned it all off and went inside to grab a torch.
I shone the torch underneath and placed my hand on the VCU as I remembered someone saying that if the VCU was hot after a short run then it could be faulty. It was only slightly warm and I'd have comfortably been able to hold my hand there for many minutes if I needed to. Then I had the idea to check the wheels so I went around the freebie, placing my hand on each of the wheels in turn. Three were cold but the passenger side rim was hot - So much so that if I'd left my hand there for a few seconds it would have given me a burn.
Finding this, I shone my torch at the rim and found that the brake pad appeared to be against the disc (didn't see a gap) and when comparing this to the drivers' side one, the passenger side had only about half the pad thickness.
It seems as if it's sticking somewhat and may have been doing this for quite some time (hence the worn brake pad).
Any ideas as to what may cause this and how it is to be fixed? I'm going to have to get the pads changed tomorrow or Tuesday anyway now but I'm wondering if there is something simple that I can do to ensure that it won't just happen to the new set.
Thanks in advance,
Andy.