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[Dracoro]

Got to work today (10 miles journey).

Noticed a little faint clunk when coming to a full stop earlier on, however got to work and could smell something from the rear offside brake.

Wheel was hot/warm (other 3 are fine) and some smoke (not much but noticable) from the brake pad/caliper (can't see which).

Is this the pads worn out, or caliper seizing?

Yet another thing to go wrong on this pos

MOT due Tuesday so could see if they flag it?

[amba]

Back brakes do tend to get overlooked..mine had only done 20k and o/s pads were just metal and had scoured disc badly.

Advise would be to take wheel off and have a really good look at the disc for marks,if all seems fine then remove caliper and see condition of pads...for the cost they are worth just replacing,but sounds like brakes are shot.

Wheel bearing would make a real whine so think you could rule that out.

Mot could be an issue if you have brakes which are unbalanced across the back axle so worth doing before you go .

[Dracoro]

The smell seems "metallic".

My suspicion is that it's the pads gone. Disc "looks" reasonably OK (can't remove wheel at the moment though).

Hoping it is pads (if discs gone, sobeit) as I can DIY easily enough, just swap out/in. My concern is that it's a binding caliper. Is this rare? fixable?

Anyone know how much discs/pads cost.

May just put in MOT Monday and see what they say. Relucatant to replace pads and find out discs are shot as well, no point doing the same job twice. Will certainly take wheel off and look at it in more detail over weekend.

[Dracoro]

Got home and it was fine, no smoking or heating.

Had another trip out tonight and all OK, maybe just an intermittent binding problem?

Will check pads but otherwise see what MOT chaps say.

[Andy H]

My experience with Omega rear calipers is that the gaiters on the pistons do a really good job of protecting the pistons (which is a good thing)

The rear brakes don't have to do much work and so rust tends to build up between the pads and the caliper (which is a bad thing).

I'm guessing that one of the pads is seized in position. You don't need to take the caliper off to change the pads (but you do if you want to get the disc off to get to the handbrake shoes)

[Dracoro]

Well, MOT passed with no advisories so I guess rear brakes are OK.

Not heated or smoked at all since as well.

So put down to "one of those things"? Maybe it binded a little and then unbinded?

Still going to remove wheel etc and check the rear brake pads etc. anyway just to be sure.

[tony2]

well done dracco