So I got a used 99 2 door tahoe..I have had it for 8 mo's but never taken it on long drives..as its not my DD...I take it out the other day and on I75...get about 20 mins out and it starts to have a bad shake...so I pull over and look to see if I can see any thing...the front passenger side wheel was smoking really bad..so I let it cool off and then take it home "back rd's"..when I get home I pull the wheel off and it looks like the Brake is dragging...so I take the caliper off and ck the sliders..they looked ok so I regressed them anyway..ck the line..it all looked ok...so I took it about again..thinking I had it fixed..about after driving for about 10 mins...same thing again..take it home look it over again...cant see any thing..so I bleed out all 4 sides NEW Clean dot4 and then take it out again...same thing...so next day "today" get a new caliper & rubber line & rebleed out.... every thing looks good and clean...take it out again..same thing again..I am @ a lost with what else it can/might be...thanxs for any help..-Paul

 

Are the self adjusters working as designed, or tightening when they should not?-Bob

 

Self Adjusters on the front?

 

if you get to the point of trying anything, they do have brake pressure gauges. you could T one to that side and see if that tells you anything.

 

yah I'm getting tot he point where I'm not sure whats next..

 

any updates. did you figure it out?

 

kinda last min I had to move from Brandon to Tampa...so I drove the tahoe...did ok for a long ways but then was smoking from the drivers side wheels...now this is the other side to the 1st time it was smoking...and the only thing I had not replaced was the rubber line on that side..so when I get the extra time and my tools from my old house I am going to swap that one out and see is that fixs it..

 

If the line can be bled, maybe the rubber brake line is not the problem.
I normally replace brake lines two at a time.

How do you know the caliper is not sticking?-Bob

 

I replaced both calipers..and if the like is bad it can work like a one way check valve..letting the fluid go one way and not the other...

 

haven't you already replaced both lines?



I thought I remember reading that somewhere, if not. deff worth a try.