Disc brakes temperatures
What is average, what is good, what is bad I bought a temp gun, to check tire temps and realized it could also be used to check wheels bearings and brake parts
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As someone that has been doing this for years, I can tell you that the results can be confusing until you understand what you are looking at in very complete terms.
The walk around did tell me that a rear wheel bearing was just a little too tight. The red numbers were right and I got that fixed before it became an expensive issue.
Our classic (boarding on antique) coach is a disk and drum set. I am also paranoid because it is old (so am I) and I really like to head off problems before they are expensive. We did have a caliper hang up and the routine temperature walk around told me about it early on and it was an easy fix.
What did puzzle me most was that when I did the walk at a mid-day stop, all the brakes on one side were hotter than those on the other.... We had been going west and the left side was hotter. When I was the reverse when we were home bound....
We now have an IR gun dedicated to the coach.
Matt
The walk around did tell me that a rear wheel bearing was just a little too tight. The red numbers were right and I got that fixed before it became an expensive issue.
Our classic (boarding on antique) coach is a disk and drum set. I am also paranoid because it is old (so am I) and I really like to head off problems before they are expensive. We did have a caliper hang up and the routine temperature walk around told me about it early on and it was an easy fix.
What did puzzle me most was that when I did the walk at a mid-day stop, all the brakes on one side were hotter than those on the other.... We had been going west and the left side was hotter. When I was the reverse when we were home bound....
We now have an IR gun dedicated to the coach.
Matt
