06-18-2025, 10:39 AM
This is for coaches with disc brakes only.
Could this have anything to do with pin that the caliper rides on? A little rubber boot protects the slide pin from road grit and if the boot fails, then the grit can get onto that pin and cause the brakes to “stick” on.
I had this happen twice. The symptom is that you start up like normal and after you have been on the road 10 -30 miles, the brakes heat up enough to produce smoke and you smell the problem before you feel the problem.
I am just throwing this out there in case it causes more experienced folks to chime in.
Could this have anything to do with pin that the caliper rides on? A little rubber boot protects the slide pin from road grit and if the boot fails, then the grit can get onto that pin and cause the brakes to “stick” on.
I had this happen twice. The symptom is that you start up like normal and after you have been on the road 10 -30 miles, the brakes heat up enough to produce smoke and you smell the problem before you feel the problem.
I am just throwing this out there in case it causes more experienced folks to chime in.
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama