"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
09/18/2018 at 07:51 • Filed to: None
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"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
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I drove my parents corolla last week, wasn’t a good experience. It hadn’t been driven in a month or two (they live out of state so it resides at my house). I took it for a test drive, and a horrible scraping noise came from the axle, but went away after I increased speed. Then I got a whiff of a smell that seemed to remind me of a combination of rubber and plastic for the rest of the trip.
From what we can figure, the passengers front brake rubbed against the steelie, heating it up via friction; namely because it was hot to the touch. It heated up the tire and melted the hubcap, resulting in the pics you see.
You can clearly see where it touched the steelie. On the return trip from the test drive, the brakes stopped working properly as well. The corolla is usually really touchy with the brakes, but I had to put my foot all the way down to initiate them.
Interesting experience. 1/10, would not want to do again.
RacinBob
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 08:11 |
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W hat is probably happening is that the wheel is about 3 00 degrees F and the rotor is probably about 600 f. because the caliper bracket is rusty and the pads are hung up. That is my guess. The pedal went to the floor as the brake fluid was boiling.
The alternative is bad wheel bearing but things don’t generally get hot until the wheel falls off. So I don’t think so.
Either do your parents a favor and take the brake pads out and free it all up or drive it slowly to a shop and get new pads and rotors (and maybe rebuilt calipers.) PS - I bet the rotor is pretty bright and blue....
vondon302
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 08:21 |
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My old ranger did this once. Hung up caliper after sitting was the cause.
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zeontestpilot
> vondon302
09/18/2018 at 08:28 |
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I figured something like this happened. Was just surpised because the pt crusier sat for over a year
and didn’t have this
problem.
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zeontestpilot
> RacinBob
09/18/2018 at 08:30 |
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Weirdly, when I limped it back home, the brakes worked again. Its sitting in the driveway currently, a
waiting my parents input on how they wish to proceed.
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vondon302
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 08:35 |
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My ranger only sat for awhile too but it was in a low area with lots of dew and about this time of year too if I remember correctly.
RacingShark
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 09:28 |
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I bet you can get a loaded caliper for a corolla for pretty cheap. Buy a set for that axle and take it to a shop and have installed.
I bet a shop would charge a fortune for new brakes and calipers. Bringing them the parts should drop the price. Shouldn’t be more than an hour’s labor to install both, and whatever they charge to bleed the brakes.
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 10:19 |
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It’s a Corolla, scrap it and buy a decent car.
PS, I may have lingering hate for Corollas after owning a 2012 S.
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zeontestpilot
> RacingShark
09/18/2018 at 10:19 |
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Since it’s my parents car, they foot all the bills for it. I don’t have the funds to fix up a third car. I literally have my hands full making sure my two cars are up and running.
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zeontestpilot
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/18/2018 at 10:23 |
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HEY! It’s a 2005 Corolla. It may be ugly, it may of lost it’s front grill via my sister, it may not be the most comfortable car to sit in for long trips; but that car just keeps chugging along like nothing is wrong. I can’t deny the inline 4 engine that Toyota put in it. Of course, I can’t speak of the newer models. They may be garbage for all I know. :)
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 10:26 |
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2 engines, 3 transmissions (manual) replaced under warranty before 85k.
You couldn’t pay me to buy another Toyota, biggest POS I’ve ever owned.
That’s coming from someone who dailies 20+yo Mopars.
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zeontestpilot
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/18/2018 at 10:30 |
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Yeah, it sounds like its something with that generation. Basically, they might of built them cheaper.
Urambo Tauro
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 10:51 |
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I was gonna suggest the possibility of a wheel bearing, but yeah that sounds like a brake caliper issue.
shop-teacher
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 11:01 |
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Once you get it fixed, make sure to drive the car at least once a week. The worst thing you can do to a car, is to let it sit.
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zeontestpilot
> shop-teacher
09/18/2018 at 11:04 |
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Yeah, I usually did previously. But tight money and unexpected emergencies prevented me from putting gas in it. So it just sat....
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> zeontestpilot
09/18/2018 at 12:01 |
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Pretty sure they are mechanically identical from 2003 to whenever they changed recently, but I’m not super up on Toyotas after that car either.
That car was a hateful little shit can all the way through. No power, sloppy trans, sloppy/rough ride/handling, rattles everywhere, terrible mileage for what it was.
IMO there are so many better cars out there that can be had far cheaper, I have no idea why people still buy those rolling penalty boxes.