Make the story short, I feel like my car has some sort of drag that holds the whole car back. I try to punch the gas, and the car will pick up in speed, but not as "fluid" as before. Here's additional info to help diagnose:

**I spun the wheels while up on the jack.
<U>The left rear </U>had a frozen caliper so I cleaned the old grease off, made sure the piston freed up, applied new grease to the pins and reassembled.
<U>The Right Rear</U> spun freely, the most freely spinning one out of the 4.
<U>The front right </U>wheel felt a bit sticky. I disassembled the caliper and noticed light fractures on the brake pad itself. Reassembled the caliper and threw it back on. Wheel still had resistance when tryin to spin it up on jacks.
<U>The Front Left</U> had a tad bit of resistance. Felt like the brake pad was lightly grazing the rotor. My buddy said it was supposed to be that way.

Both axles were replaced recently, oil levels are ok, Timing belt recently changed, cooling system been changed.....what else?

Any ideas on what it could be? I'm all EARS guys! HELP!


Modified by EnjoyTheRideDC2 at 9:57 PM 11/26/2004

 

What year is the car? How many miles? Our brake calipers have a tendancy to stick/freeze. Usually they go 1 or 2 at a time. You may have some bad luck with yours.

Honestly I'd replace them all at once to save yourself the headache. I got my front left fully assembled caliper for $100. I don't know how much the rears will be. My guess is $400 total with new pads and a DIY. Hopefully your rotors are ok still.

 

94 DB8. 284,000 miles. Rebuilt the 2 I had thoughts of being bad...

I forgot to mention one thing: When rolling in neutral, there feels like less resistance in the wheels compared to when i'm on the gas.

 

I don't know much about re-building the ones on the car already. That is a good point you make. The car should roll pretty easily on a slight incline in N.

If it is not the brakes, or axles, I don't know what else could be causing it. How is your transmission? Is the car up to par on all its maintence?

 

well, axles could be screwed, or maybe one is tighter than the other? Not broken in yet? But they are no more than 1 month old.

Bad wheel bearing? Anyone know if my symptom is one associated with a wheel bearing?

 

I do know that wheel bearings can give a nasty vibration and a humming sound. Do you get a hum when the car is moving?

 

No humm from what I know
Some peeps say wheel bearing will cause a wobble...