Q: Brake disc gets very hot during driving.

asked by on January 22, 2017

The car is only used on rare occasions. This time I noticed on my return that the nearside front wheel disc was extremely hot. Could it be a sticky brake caliper or perhaps a wheel bearing problem?

My car has 55000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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