I just picked up a EG hatch, and I have a question. I just got back from driving the car and decided to see how hot the rear disc was compared to the front.

The front was hot, but the rear was still cool and has some surface rust still on it. Ebrake works fine. Is it possible that its not working? Conversion not installed properly? I can hear somewhat of rubbing/contact sound when brakes are applied. Rotors looks like it could use a replacement.

Its on a 93 DX.

TIA!

 

how hard were you stopping cause most of the stopping comes from the front. pump the brakes and see if the calliper closes when you have it taken apart.

 

Normal driving. No hard stops. Thanks I will try that, thats probably the only best way to see.

 

The front breaks are going to be your main source of stopping; hence the larger calipers/rotors. Your rear rotors shouldn't get too hot unless you've been doing some spirited driving with hard breaking.

 

Thanks for the info! I mean it shouldnt be installed wrong, where else would you attach the brake lines and cables, right? Nothings leaking.

Being that I just picked it up, im just going to thoroughly check everything out and replace parts as necessary.

 

with normal driving that sounds very normal. fronts hot, rears cold.

 

unless they still have the disc/drum prop valve on there maybe?