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dogdrinkincoffee · 05-19-2010, 07:05 PM

I just changed my rear left brake pads(hawks HP+ on brembo blanks) now they make smoke and they smell like overheated brake pads. Any Ideas how to fix this problem

Sileighty_85 · 05-19-2010, 07:39 PM

ummmmm verify the calipers are seized and replace them.

Maybe the Ebrake is locked up.

SinGarage · 05-21-2010, 12:17 PM

Wait...you just changed the rear left brakes? What about the rear right?

aznpoopy · 05-21-2010, 12:21 PM

mech fail: caliper seize or e-brake mech fail
or
install fail: didn't reset piston position sufficiently

dogdrinkincoffee · 05-24-2010, 02:28 AM

umm i did reset the piston all the way i replaced my brake pads all around only thing i did different is the left rear i took it off because my bleeder stripped. i got it off replaced it and took it for a run and started to smoke and smell

Slammed Assassin · 05-24-2010, 03:25 AM

since you took out the bleeder. did u make sure there was no air in the system?

dogdrinkincoffee · 05-24-2010, 03:30 AM

i bled my brakes

Hxc_Nismo · 05-24-2010, 03:46 AM

calipes sound like there siezed

dogdrinkincoffee · 05-25-2010, 01:54 AM

nvm i fixed it but another problem when i push my car on the mountain pass my brakes get mushy and they smell like if their over heated should i be using dot 4 brake fluid for the HP+ pads

murda-c · 05-25-2010, 02:05 AM

i'd get dot 5.1 fluid.

stock brakes can easily overheat if it's a fast course. I did it with my hp+ pads and i have 5.1 fluid and stainless lines.

Really you're gonna wanna upgrade, stock 240sx brakes are shitty.

shiftdrift · 05-25-2010, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murda-c

Really you're gonna wanna upgrade, stock 240sx brakes are shitty.

this, my friends stock brakes overheat on runs too.

dogdrinkincoffee · 05-26-2010, 01:43 AM

i herd dot 5 corrodes your brake lines

soreballz · 05-26-2010, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogdrinkincoffee

i herd dot 5 corrodes your brake lines

Dot 5 is bad. Dot 5.1 is good.

05-19-2010, 07:05 PM	#1
dogdrinkincoffee Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	rear brakes smoking I just changed my rear left brake pads(hawks HP+ on brembo blanks) now they make smoke and they smell like overheated brake pads. Any Ideas how to fix this problem

05-19-2010, 07:39 PM	#2
Sileighty_85 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Misawa, Japan Posts: 6,815 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	ummmmm verify the calipers are seized and replace them. Maybe the Ebrake is locked up. __________________ 後輪駆動車１番 1989 Built SR GT2871R -363whp 1998 S14 W/RB25- 250ish (For Now) 1986 SR86 - 200ish 1990 R32 GTR - 320hp Don't Buy Engines from JDM-Online http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/207457-jdm-online.html Don't Buy XS-Power or SSAC Shit

05-24-2010, 03:25 AM	#6
Slammed Assassin Nissanaholic! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oxnard/SV Posts: 2,065 Trader Rating: (34) Feedback Score: 34 reviews	since you took out the bleeder. did u make sure there was no air in the system? __________________

05-25-2010, 02:05 AM	#10
murda-c Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery County, MD Age: 33 Posts: 3,197 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i'd get dot 5.1 fluid. stock brakes can easily overheat if it's a fast course. I did it with my hp+ pads and i have 5.1 fluid and stainless lines. Really you're gonna wanna upgrade, stock 240sx brakes are shitty. __________________

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05-21-2010, 12:17 PM	#3
SinGarage Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: 818 SoCal Age: 44 Posts: 674 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	Wait...you just changed the rear left brakes? What about the rear right?

05-21-2010, 12:21 PM	#4
aznpoopy Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Age: 40 Posts: 5,013 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	mech fail: caliper seize or e-brake mech fail or install fail: didn't reset piston position sufficiently

05-24-2010, 02:28 AM	#5
dogdrinkincoffee Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	umm i did reset the piston all the way i replaced my brake pads all around only thing i did different is the left rear i took it off because my bleeder stripped. i got it off replaced it and took it for a run and started to smoke and smell

05-24-2010, 03:30 AM	#7
dogdrinkincoffee Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i bled my brakes

05-24-2010, 03:46 AM	#8
Hxc_Nismo Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Columbia, Mo Age: 36 Posts: 196 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	calipes sound like there siezed

05-25-2010, 01:54 AM	#9
dogdrinkincoffee Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nvm i fixed it but another problem when i push my car on the mountain pass my brakes get mushy and they smell like if their over heated should i be using dot 4 brake fluid for the HP+ pads

05-26-2010, 01:43 AM	#12
dogdrinkincoffee Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i herd dot 5 corrodes your brake lines