I've recently returned from a trip through the WA mid-west, nothing too rough, bit of gravel is all, and towing our offroad van (under 2000kg).
I had been back for a couple of days took a drive for coffee (12km at 60kmh) and could smell hot metal from the passenger rear wheel hub. Drove home after a while and the hub was too hot to touch compared to the other 3 corners.
Put it into Lexus for a 160k Service, Brake rotor shim, new pads, and advised them re the heat. Their mechanic suspected an incorrectly adjusted handbrake, so they did that, and repacked the hubs etc.
Took it for a drive yesterday arvo, same 12k at max 60kmh and a lot at 40kmh (school zones), no appreciable smell, but when I used my little temperature gun on the hubs found that the passenger rear hub was showing 72 degrees C, whilst the other 3 wheel showed and average of 49 degrees C.
I took it for a short drive (4.3k mostly 60kmh with one section about 1/2k at 70kmh) this morning and the hub showed 49 degrees C whilst the other 3 wheels averaged 19 degrees C
To the tech heads in the room, am I right in suspecting a wheel bearing is on the way out?
Or is there something else I am missing?
Thanks in advance for any advice proffered.
I had been back for a couple of days took a drive for coffee (12km at 60kmh) and could smell hot metal from the passenger rear wheel hub. Drove home after a while and the hub was too hot to touch compared to the other 3 corners.
Put it into Lexus for a 160k Service, Brake rotor shim, new pads, and advised them re the heat. Their mechanic suspected an incorrectly adjusted handbrake, so they did that, and repacked the hubs etc.
Took it for a drive yesterday arvo, same 12k at max 60kmh and a lot at 40kmh (school zones), no appreciable smell, but when I used my little temperature gun on the hubs found that the passenger rear hub was showing 72 degrees C, whilst the other 3 wheel showed and average of 49 degrees C.
I took it for a short drive (4.3k mostly 60kmh with one section about 1/2k at 70kmh) this morning and the hub showed 49 degrees C whilst the other 3 wheels averaged 19 degrees C
To the tech heads in the room, am I right in suspecting a wheel bearing is on the way out?
Or is there something else I am missing?
Thanks in advance for any advice proffered.