Front hubs getting hot!

[friedel]

I have a 87' with the hub type that comes off the spindle. It's the type that get sandwiched between the rotor and the wheel. They keep on getting really hot. I thought the rotors were making them hot so i changed the brake pads. That didn't work. So i changed out the bearings and that didn't work either. Can someone enlighten me of what may be going on. Thanks

 

[86BroncoII_Lance]

This was posted a long time ago, with no response. I have new to me, 86' Bronco II XLT with the stock autolocking hubs, I am seeing the same thing. they get very, very hot. Looking through the paper work, the front bearings, rotors, calipers and pads were replace less then 500mi ago by a large chain shop. they may have under greased bearings? or torqued the inner more the 35 foot lbs? Anyone have an idea. .

 

[miesk5]

Yo Lance,
Welcome!
I agree on hubs, followed by spindles and lastly the brakes.
Replace the bearings asap or at a minimum pull them and grease them. You stand a chance of ruining the spindles.

BTW, here's the combined 1986 FORD BRONCO AND BRONCO II BROCHURES @

“Built Ford Tough”- 1986 Ford Bronco and Bronco II brochures

Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor. The Ford Motor Company will debut a new Bronco in 2020, after a 24-year absence, and that model name — used from 1966 to 1996 — stil...

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[Tiha]

It might be worth while to get a cheap IR temperature gun. Go for a drive and take a bunch of readings when you pull over.

Like caliper, rotor, hub.

Can the heat be transferring to the hub from the brake rotor?
Is the brake caliper hanging up? Dragging too hard?

 

[blksn8k]

I would suspect the brake calipers. I had a 1980 Bronco that had the non-metal (phenolic resin?) caliper pistons and every time I ran through deep water the driver side caliper piston would stick in the closed position which caused the brake pads to drag and cause the rotor and eventually the entire hub to overheat.

 

[johnnyreb]

I have a 87' with the hub type that comes off the spindle. It's the type that get sandwiched between the rotor and the wheel. They keep on getting really hot. I thought the rotors were making them hot so i changed the brake pads. That didn't work. So i changed out the bearings and that didn't work either. Can someone enlighten me of what may be going on. Thanks

Maybe your caliper(s) are sticking. How tight did you tighten the hub bolt? Jack it up .Take the wheel off. Push down on the brake.Look at how close the pads are close to the rotor. Can you turn the wheel real easy? If not. Is the brake pad against the rotor? Check the caliper--Did you grease the bearing after you put it back together? Sometime when people get in a hurry--they do forget and it happens to all of us. Only some won,t admit.