Brakes
Replaced front brakes on motorhome and drove 325 miles and I noticed black dust on hubcaps. What would cause this?
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- I don't think they should smell, unless you've been riding the brakes. Don't be going down hills at 75 MPH.
- As the brake pads seat and release the dust should there be a burnt odor?
- Akebono pads make no dust. Put them on wife Mercedes and now don't have to wash wheels every 3 days.
Not sure you can buy them for RV. - Could be coal dust or carbon too. I lived in Ca next to the 710 freeway and my pickup would get black with carbon once a week and it would eat the paint off.
tatest wrote:
Wear on the linings or pads. Unless all surfaces have been ground to fit smoothly full contact, initial wear rates are pretty high while pads wear to fit the discs or shoes wear to fit the drums.
Yup, nothing to worry about. Also, some pads produce more dust than others. Depends on the composition of the pad.- Wear on the linings or pads. Unless all surfaces have been ground to fit smoothly full contact, initial wear rates are pretty high while pads wear to fit the discs or shoes wear to fit the drums.
