I drove about 10 min this morning when I noticed the passenger rear wheel wofting smoke, like it was on fire. I pull over and kill the engine to inspect. The smell of the smoke was like nothing i ever smelled I put my hand on the inside and outside of the tire, it was not hot or sticky. The smoke was kinda commin from everywhere around the wheel. Then I touched the rim, hot as a mother

Then I noticed the small pc of duct tape wedged next to the caliper. Pulled it off, was kinda sticky, then I thought why would duct tape be on the wheel Oh yeah! when I had the tires balanced a few years ago, i put some duct tape over the weights, cause i thought it would help keep them on there.

The weight let go of the wheel this morning and wedged itself between the caliper and heated everything up, I think the weight/ duct tape was the awesome smell. I got back in threw it into reverse and backed up quickly, sure enough i heard a small clunk. No more smoke no more hot wheels.



Now I should prolly rebalance my wheels

Another use for duct tape! Wow, I bet that caused some anxiety!

I was sure this story would end with a call to Eric Shea to replace a siezed caliper. Definitely a better ending.

..."...I love the smell of napalm in the morning...smells like..."

FIRE!!!

When we balanced the race car tires, we ALWAYS put a strip of duck tape over the stick-on weights to keep them from coming off.

I guess we were so fast that the tape and/or weight never came off due to centrifugal force.

Does Erc use 100MPH Tape?

Glad you solved it so quickly. I had a ABS fault light on my BMW R1100 RT-SE a couple years back. I brought it to the dealership and the tech was totally baffled. He ordered replacements for just about everything and when he went to install the stuff he notices a tiny RC car magnet. Apparently jumped up off the road and attached itself. No smoke but it took days to figure it out...

I called Erc right away!

If you look close, you will see that I already called Eric