Ceramic Brakes Fire

The heat caused by normal braking on new brake friction materials cause the pads to go through this final curing process.

Ceramic brakes fire.

For earthenware such as fired clay pottery to hold liquid it needs a glaze. That s right it s not uncommon to see brakes smoke after replacing pads. I m guessing that the cermamic material in the discs are not very withstanding to high temperatures. 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.

Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating applied to bisqueware to color decorate or waterproof an item. The owner was attending a track day and had a brake failure and fire. Not unusual for brake pads to smoke after replacement. In the post the owner references the thickness of the pads.

The top gear reviews of the mercedes cls amg and mclaren both show their disc brakes catching fire after phenomonal braking demonstrations. Not the pads or brake fluid but the caliper boot and seal. If the temperature is high enough for them to catch fire wouldn t the discs get warped. What was on fire.

Brake pad manufacturers refer to this as the polymerization or curing process.