DSDP Don wrote:
"but you can also polish the brakes by applying them lightly on a regular basis.
HUH? Polish the brakes? What kind of hocus pocus is that?
Your engine/exhaust brake typically drops off at 15mph. Since most RVer don't rush up to signals, they need very little braking to slow the coach to a stop or slow roll after getting down to 15 mph.
Exactly and that's when you work the brakes and the adjust the slack adjusters.
Many think they're saving those expensive brakes when they're really lightly glazing them.
Non sense.
The repair is a high speed run with a few hard stops. You can also use emory cloth to clear up this type of light glazing.
We'll you're half right, nonsense on the first part urban legend. To remove glazing I prefer a angle grinder with a an abrasive disc. It's much faster and efficient then emory and you can round the edges to prevent squealing.
The high heat glazing that you're speaking of takes rotor/drum turning and shoe/pad replacement. There are levels of glazing!!!!
Glazing is caused by HEAT period. Your brakes when used cause dust, when you over heat your braking system that dust turns to glaze. Glazing is cumulative over time. Thinking a couple of high speed runs will remove glazing is just an urban legend. There is only one way to remove glazing.
