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Re: How hot can brakes get and still be serviceable?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 11/2/2022

What you describe is "too hot" IMO.

We know the resins in the pads have been damaged so the pads are compromised. The severe heat will have changed the metal hardness structure of the rotor so it will not be working the same way to handle normal braking agai... Login to read more.