while we're on the subject of brakes...
I noticed that recently, it would seem my X has been fighting resistance from the front end during accleration and general cruising. Before even looking at anything, in my mind I thought it felt like brakes were being applied even though I didn't have my foot on the brake pedal.
To investigate, I checked the rotation of the front wheels since that seemed to be the general area affected. Upon jacking up the front of my X via the cross member (letting the wheels droop), I found that I had to force the rotation of both left and right front wheels. I can't get them to freely spin AT ALL. There's a lot of drag. So, I broke everything down, cleaned the rotors and pads, greased everything up and reassembled. After doing this, I rotated the hubs by hand and they spun with much less resistance. While they wouldn't spin freely due to the CV angles at droop, it was obvious that nothing was dragging and the rotation was smooth. So, I put the wheels back on, drove to work and guess what, the damn things are dragging again. The pads are pressing too hard against the rotors. There's no interference from the wheels.
I went to the dealership and they said that they didn't have any solution because everything checked out. They even hooked up the 'magic decoder' and didn't get any trouble codes.
So, here I am with dragging brakes. They don't make noise but I can feel the resistance in acceleration and cruising. My guess is that the brake boost actuator rod is not adjusted correctly and is keeping too much pressure on the calipers.
Any other thoughts?
Terry