Deglaze pads and rotors regularly? Yes/No? What about the transfer layer?
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Deglaze pads and rotors regularly? Yes/No? What about the transfer layer?
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stock car teams use new pads and rotors for each day of racing.
and If I am not mistaken the glazing is from too much heat or ie using the wrong brake pad for that friction level. too soft of a brake pad
and If I am not mistaken the glazing is from too much heat or ie using the wrong brake pad for that friction level. too soft of a brake pad
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Le Mans Master
That's been my experience as well. The haze comes from severely overheating the pad and basically melting it. When that happened I used sandpaper and brake cleaner to "wet sand" the rotors and the pads.
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Race Director
When there is "glaze" on either the pad or the rotor then the "transfer layer" of good pad material has been compromised.
Sometimes I get a little glaze spotting and then a few hard stops shreds it off, but if it's bad, like those pads in the pictures then a cleaning like they are doing is smart & then you put down a fresh transfer layer.
The only thing I would add is use garnet paper, not alum oxide or emory.
Sometimes I get a little glaze spotting and then a few hard stops shreds it off, but if it's bad, like those pads in the pictures then a cleaning like they are doing is smart & then you put down a fresh transfer layer.
The only thing I would add is use garnet paper, not alum oxide or emory.