Miata Mailing List: September 1993, Message #93
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   From: Andy Poling 
Subject: Re: front wheel spin
   Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 14:57:33 -0400

On Mon, 13 Sep 1993, Brian Bousman wrote:
> I was rotating the tires on my '90 Miata yesterday and I noticed
> something odd about the front wheel spin.  I had the front wheel
> jacked off the ground in order to remove it and I happened to 
> idly spin it and it seemed like it had a lot of resistance on the
> wheel and did not spin as far as I would have expected.  I gave
> it a fairly hard spin and it did not turn through more than two
> full rotations before coming to a stop.  I could hear what sounded
> like metal on metal friction while the wheel turned.  Does anyone
> have any comments about this?  I keep thinking the wheel should
> spin freely a lot more than that.

It sounds to me like your disk brake pads were just dragging a bit.  It
isn't really that unusual for that to happen - especially if the car has
sat long enough fro the disks to start rusting a little.

-Andy

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