RE: Brakes A'Flame!

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Sounds like mebbe the pads never got fully broken in, you may have been
experiencing "green" fade, pads gassing off the stuff they were
manufactured with.

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Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black
quattro Owners Club member P877

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., West Newton, MA, USA
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>From: 	SOP8920@Siena.edu[SMTP:SOP8920@Siena.edu]
>Subject: 	Brakes A'Flame!
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><<snippage>>
>As I'm coming down the mountain, driving very spirited.. I noticed an
>incredible amount of Brake fade. The entire time I had been smelling hot
>brakes. This was amazing fade though.. pedal almost to the floor board... car
>hardly stopping. I pulled over and noticed (with the brakes off and the
>tranny
>in neutral) a moderate amount of smoke pouring out of the front wheel wells.