I drove my 88 HiCap down to the beach for the summer and i ran into an issue that I need help diagnosing. Unfortunately i don't have any tools down here so i am having trouble even tracking down the problem is. Any and all help to get me pointed in the right directions would be much appreciated. Here are the symptoms:
With all that said, I can't reconcile the heavy heat and the smell of burning break pads on only one side with the fact that it didn't pull to that side or slow the car when i was coasting to a stop.
What am I missing? Where should i look first?
- Was driving on the highway and i noticed i couldn't get over 50 (the 2.5TD only gets it to 58!)
- I smelled hot brakes which would make sense so i pulled over.
- But when I eased off the gas, the rig did NOT pull to either side to side and it seemed to roll without the brakes slowing it down.
- When I crawled underneath, you could feel the heat coming off the left front hub and brake. It was noticeably hotter (smell, touch and pinging from the heat) than the right side.
- I let it cool and nursed it home.
- Same behavior on the way home - no pulling or dragging. But the left side remained very hot. Especially at higher speeds.
With all that said, I can't reconcile the heavy heat and the smell of burning break pads on only one side with the fact that it didn't pull to that side or slow the car when i was coasting to a stop.
What am I missing? Where should i look first?