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Why rotors and pads smoking?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

I am going to hazard a guess and say the the calipers are bad and not retracting properly when taking you foot off of the brake pedal. could also be clogged brake hoses that connect the caliper to the brake lines that go to the proportioning valve on the master cylinder. best to have a mechanic look at this problem, It CAN start a fire.

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