Originally posted by Silv Blt

Originally posted by ForceFed420a Hmm, interesting. I guess it was my understanding that everytime you have heavy braking you create gases. However, these are not huge amounts of gas, and are evacuated by the slots (if you are equipped as such) and thus not a problem. If you don't have slots, the gases have the potential to create this "layer" between the rotor and the pad effectively "aquaplaning" for lack of a better term. This creates pad fade as the pad reaches beyond its thermal capacity and creates gases from the binding agents in the pad. I understood this to be the first "stage". However, if you continue to use the brakes for extended periods of high duress, then they glaze as you described above. Am I incorrect in anything? Brian

glazing or pad fade

So these terms are used interchangably? I thought pad fade was the gases, and glazing was the actual melting of the binding agents.

Thanks for your patience,
Brian