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Originally Posted by Earthworm
They must have extra stock.
I thought I read that brake fade was actually caused by boiling fluid.
I ran an Auto-x on tuesday and did not experience any brake fade (damn pivot cones). This is with stock rotors, stock rear pads but KVR front pads (not a recommended combination).
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Hi Dave, "brake fade" is a term that covers a lot of brake maladies. It is really a hang over from the drum brake days. It was caused by boiling the brake fluid, to get a sponge pedal. Or the drums expanded to have the pedal hit the floor. Or it was just resin deposits from the linings on the drum surface.
Discs are mostly immune from this, except that the fluid can boil if it is old or poor quality, to give a spongy pedal. This can be made worse when braking down from high speed to stop, and holding the brakes on. The heat from the disc is fed into the pads and fluid.
Most of what we call fade now is from the pad deposits left on the disc to lower the frictional qualities of the disc.
Harvey.
