Rear Pass wheel area is smokin !! Options

[Remy]

Hey guys this morning I was going to work I took the highway then exited off and came to a stop then noticed the passenger rear wheel area was smoking !? It looked like I did a burnout !! But I know our cars aren't RWD, their wasn't a good spot to pull over and I was running late to work so after work I came home and took the wheel off inspected everything looked normal even had a friend come check it out everything was normal. But I noticed it had that burnt rubber smell you guys know what I'm talking about.....any clue what that was ?? And I was going maybe 60mph on the highway. Also when I took the lug nuts off it burnt my hand @#$% !!!!!

[Remy]

has your car been braking funny lately or making noises?

Nope no weird noises.

it can either of two things.

1) rear bearing is dead. So its dragging causing the heat.
2) brake caliper frozen and rubbing against the disk the entire time..


have you tried to spin the wheel by hand, see if it rotates freely?

1. Bearing is still good.
2. Took out my brakes and inspected the discs all normal. (could use new brake pads though)

You know what the weird thing is....this happened at the same stop yesterday too but I didn't notice any smoke just the smell....though it was someone else but I guess it was me...