Wheels Smokin

[dids25]

Why is it that my passenger side wheel keeps smokin every time i drive it . I keep on havin to keep stoping every fifthteen minutes to let it cool down.

[brian]

smoken is very very adictive give your wheels a break :wink:
couldn't resist bud! :lol: :lol:
anyway is there not any obvious things like rubbin off bodywork?
did you or anyone else bump the car off anythin?
did ya fit any new suspension bits that cause the wheel rub the shock or spring cup?
as for the back.......ya didn't say front or back?
new wheels wrong offset?
too wide a tyre?
might have a new 1/4 panel not fitted spot on(causin one side to catch and not the other)
just a few ideas.........might be totally off da mark! :roll:

[carltoncrazy]

this is the worst case ok,
i had this with my range erover,it was a fucked diff,remember it was an auto,160quid a corner,OUCH.
i mean it could be something daft like one tyre badly warn,
we really need the spec of ya car 1st m8,n e mods etc

[Aragorn]

the wheel is smokin eh?

ok try this - drive it in a streight line then let go of wheel - im guessing it will pull to one side if so take the car back home and quickly undo the wheel bolts

then touch the brake disks / calipers :D

happened to mine - caliper was sticking so brakes were jammed on - nice smokey wheel and crap performance - needless to say i got it fixed :)

i'd also say dont drive it like that:

the metal your constantly heating / cooling is not supposed to be heated and cooled so you'll end up making it soft or brittle (cant mind which but both are bad) which could involve a hefty repair bill

[carltoncrazy]

i neva thought of that,i asumed when he said smoking he ment like.wheel spinning

[brian]

ya haz i presumed he meant burnin rubber too :?

[carltoncrazy]

least i aint the only 1,thxs

[?Marty?]

Seized caliper most likely. Happened to me once.