Anyone check the temperature of their brakes
Are there any of you that have checked the temperature of your disk brakes after 30 or 45 minutes of heavy use. Are the front and rear disk about the same temperature and what temperature were they?
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The first and only time my brakes were HOT was I-70, west of Denver and I have been doing mountains for many years. The exhaust brake was working (some hissing when applied), and I had the transmission in 2nd. The brakes STUNK! First of all, they are DRUM brakes on my '06 Holiday Ambassador, so not the GOOD kind...Temp was around 500 degrees front and rear. Brief but firm pedal was necessary to control my speed to prevent an automatic shift to 3rd due to overspeeding my engine. According to a truck blog, brake shoes are probably OK until they get over 900 degrees! If I had not been on an interstate, I either would have stopped half way down, or slowed enough to use 1st gear! My concern though is that the Allison 3000 does not lock the torque converter in first gear and might have overheated Mr. Allison...
