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I was out the other night at the local cruse spot, and after a stop from about 85 to 50 i noticed smoke coming from my left front fender when i was at a stop light. So i pulled over and realized that it was my brakes. Are my brakes suppose to do that? Is this bad? It kinda bothers me that my brakes were smoking. I think that night i did some kinda hard stopping, but anyways would buying cross drilled and slotted rotors solve this problem. Help me out guys.
 

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Just a thought but Military A/C do that when the Manufacturing oils migrate to the surface after several landings. If there is no sign of leakage and no pulsation I'd let it go BUT there are people here who know a lot more about these 'chines than I .
 

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Maybe a sticking caliper...just how hard were you on the brakes? Were you making multiple stops from high speeds?

The factory brake system is plenty good...are you planning on open-tracking/road-racing or anything?
 
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brake smoke

brakes smoke when they get really hot. no big deal. check your fluids and your pads but i'll bet you're fine. if you want to get rid of the smoke, get better pads and run hi-temp brake fluid.

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Thats what i thought it was. I was doing some hard stopping that night. Everything is fine now i was just wondering ya know. Thanks guys.
 
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droptopsnake01 said:
Thats what i thought it was. I was doing some hard stopping that night. Everything is fine now i was just wondering ya know. Thanks guys.
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Smoking a set of stock brake pads is not hard.
I do brake testing in my line of work and you'd be surprised how quickly you can light up a set of stockers.

Slotted rotors would help dissipate heat. Fluid change wont make it any better because its all about heat transfer.
 
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