OK..Long story, but I'll try to keep it short..Im now stuck for Ideas
1) Horrid screech from RNS wheel, which is also too hot to touch....Quick investigaition shows a sticky caliper. Disassemble..grease/copperslip appropriate bit & Re-assemble.
2) Rear wheel still over heats...Splash the cash & order new Calipers/carriers/pads/disks & install. Notice the rear hub has a bit of play, explaining the "wheel bearing" drumming sometimes heard
3) Order & fit rear hub-assy (Timken, not Britpart). drumming noise gone....wheel still overheating.
4) heard its possible that a delaminating flexi-hose MAY cause a calliper not to release, Order & fit a set of Stainless flexi-hoses. During fitment of Flexi-hose, see the the RNS disk (The new one, about 3 weeks old), has obviously been hot as it tarnished colouring...
Whilst the wheel was off, spun the hub by hand & it was free to rotate. Pumped the brakes & its rock-solid. loosen the bleed-nipple to release any pressure......hub still solid.
Take the pads out, manually push back piston (Not excessively hard), replace pads & hub spins freely.
I'm going to contact he supplier of the callipers & ask for a replacement be sent....but it seems a bit of a odd that the "Faulty" one gets replaced by another faulty one, while the off-side has been fine (nothing wrong with the old off-side one, but wanted to replace the whole axel-set).
Anything else I should be looking at?
1) Horrid screech from RNS wheel, which is also too hot to touch....Quick investigaition shows a sticky caliper. Disassemble..grease/copperslip appropriate bit & Re-assemble.
2) Rear wheel still over heats...Splash the cash & order new Calipers/carriers/pads/disks & install. Notice the rear hub has a bit of play, explaining the "wheel bearing" drumming sometimes heard
3) Order & fit rear hub-assy (Timken, not Britpart). drumming noise gone....wheel still overheating.
4) heard its possible that a delaminating flexi-hose MAY cause a calliper not to release, Order & fit a set of Stainless flexi-hoses. During fitment of Flexi-hose, see the the RNS disk (The new one, about 3 weeks old), has obviously been hot as it tarnished colouring...
Whilst the wheel was off, spun the hub by hand & it was free to rotate. Pumped the brakes & its rock-solid. loosen the bleed-nipple to release any pressure......hub still solid.
Take the pads out, manually push back piston (Not excessively hard), replace pads & hub spins freely.
I'm going to contact he supplier of the callipers & ask for a replacement be sent....but it seems a bit of a odd that the "Faulty" one gets replaced by another faulty one, while the off-side has been fine (nothing wrong with the old off-side one, but wanted to replace the whole axel-set).
Anything else I should be looking at?
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