left rear brake getting hot, sometimes

[miked.]

replaced rotors and pads all the way around, now occasionally the left rear gets smoking hot, not always just sometimes. did a search and found the same problem but no answer to it, anyone had this happen?

[wattser322]

had it happen to mine and found out it was the master cylinder.replaced it and all is good

[bruce51d]

Check the slide pins or the caliper itself

[miked.]

slide pins are good, checked and rechecked. how would i go about checking the caliper and master cylinder?

[NoRalPh]

Do you use your Parking Brake a lot? Could the left side be hanging-up at those times it's getting hot?

[melmount]

can be the rubber hose rotting from the inside, not releasing pressure too.

[ZMANN]

caliper pistons are known to hang /crack on these

I would visually inspect or just replace they are under 60 with a full hardware kit from Autozone ,,, not that I like throwing parts at stuff but you risk ruining your new pads and rotor if you don't get it resolved

[underh2o]

I had the same thing happen to me. Replaced everything except the caliper... figured I would save some money... even replaced the caliper guide rods and rubber boots.... After driving about 2 miles the brake was smoking.

Replaced the caliper and connecting brake hose.

All good now.

A brake caliper is about $55.... guide rods and boots are about $15... So I should have just spent the extra $40 the first time and been done with it....