I have recently purchased a 1994M ZX advantage diesel. After a journey of around 40 miles (dual carriageway followed by town driving), my offside front wheel was VERY hot - to the point where the grease had blown out of the CV joint boot!!! on my new driveshaft too.... You could smell the heat from the brakes....
I took it to my friendly mechanic who agreed with my diagnosis that the front brake had been binding. He stripped it down and said that there was some wear in the caliper but nothing to the extent that he would recommend replacing and he checked and lubricated the slides etc. His advice was to see how it goes. All was fine for a fortnight then it overheated again! (not so badly this time) Anyone got any theories about this? the offside wheel does tend to feel slightly warmer than the nearside generally but nothing outrageous.
Thanks in advance for any advice as I would like to go across to France this summer and don't relish having to stop to check my brakes every 50 miles or so
ZX front disc overheating
Moderator: RichardW
Is it by chance the Girling caliper with 2 pins holding the pads in, and solid discs?
They are notorious for this problem, some of them were actually seizing up on fairly new cars when I was at Citroen, and there was a Dealer circular at the time (this was about 93/4) advising that they should be replaced with the Bendix caliper and pads to stop the problem happening again! Lots got changed to Bendix in the Dealerships if the owner complained enough.
They are notorious for this problem, some of them were actually seizing up on fairly new cars when I was at Citroen, and there was a Dealer circular at the time (this was about 93/4) advising that they should be replaced with the Bendix caliper and pads to stop the problem happening again! Lots got changed to Bendix in the Dealerships if the owner complained enough.