Ceramic Brakes Fire

Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating applied to bisqueware to color decorate or waterproof an item.

Ceramic brakes fire.

Not the pads or brake fluid but the caliper boot and seal. Potters apply a layer of glaze to the bisqueware leave it to dry then load it in the kiln for its final step glaze firing. The heat caused by normal braking on new brake friction materials cause the pads to go through this final curing process. If the temperature is high enough for them to catch fire wouldn t the discs get warped.

In the post the owner references the thickness of the pads. Not unusual for brake pads to smoke after replacement. What was on fire. The top gear reviews of the mercedes cls amg and mclaren both show their disc brakes catching fire after phenomonal braking demonstrations.

The owner was attending a track day and had a brake failure and fire. For earthenware such as fired clay pottery to hold liquid it needs a glaze. This brings me to a brake tip that can save you a comeback. Brake pad manufacturers refer to this as the polymerization or curing process.

But what follows after the brakes catch fire.