What could be the main things i have to look for to find the cause of my front driver side wheel nuts getting so hot you cant touch them after driving about 10 Ks. Cheers Ron

Wheel bearings?

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wheel bearing dry/failing or a brake shoe not releasing I would have thought

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

Yep, I agree....check the bearing change it if stuffed or repack it.

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May the fork be with you.

Don't know the solution but wondering how you discovered it? Did you get a flat?

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When i stopped the car and hopped out there was that hot smell coming from the front end so i touched to see if anything was hot.

If you stop and can smell that a wheel is hot it is most likely because the brake is dragging on that wheel.
This is either from a broken return spring, a stuffed wheel cylinder, or (in my experience) a collapsed brake hose.

The brake hose might look fine on the outside, but the insides break down.

When you put your foot on the brake the fluid is pumped out under pressure to the wheel cylinder which moves the shoes against the drums. When you release the pedal, the brake fluid is supposed to be drawn back in to the brake fluid resevoir, but if the hose is breaking down inside it will collapse on itself and constrict the flow. The brake fluid between the constriction in the hose and the wheel cylinder remains pressurised, and hence the brakes drag against the drum.
That is very bad. The excess heat can ruin the wheel bearings, warp the drum and all sorts of other bad things.


Cheers,
Ray.

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Thanks for all the reply's. Mini 1 i dont know if it makes any difference but it is a disc brake front end. Cheers Ron

Nah, they can still sieze on

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

Yes, as benoz says, the brake can still sieze on with a disc brake front.

Brake hoses always seem to get ignored because they still look okay on the outside even when they are stuffed.

Cheers,
Ray.

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68 Morris Minimatic - Blue/White


29 Chev tourer
31 A Coupe
63 Anglia
63 VW Beetle
69 VW Beetle convertible
89 Daihatsu Charade
03 Mitsubishi Mirage
07 Nissan Micra

yea calipers are good at seizing at the wrong times lol.... happened on my cefiro when i needed a WOF to sell it, was just a piston stuck and needed to be freed up

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