[Shotimes] Red hot rotors

[Leigh Smith]

E-Brake cables, for sure.

Yes I had it happen to me on an 86 V6 Fiero. They had a factory recall 
on the rear e-brake cables for the very same reason ours hang up, 
corrosion. The rear rotors on that car got so hot one night I had NO 
BRAKES at all. The pedal just hit the floor. The rear rotors were 
glowing red, calipers and rotors, after a 3 minute 60 mph jaunt with the 
brakes on. They smelled BAD, were smoking, and had expanded so much from 
the heat I had no brakes. At over 1100 F I could have grilled a burger 
near the rear wheel. 20 minutes later they cooled off and the brakes 
worked fine again, and even the pads seemed O.K.

Freaky experience, though.

I wouldn't worry about your brake components, just GET those CABLES 
fixed, and DON'T set the e-brake in the meantime. Make sure they are 
fully retracted with a visegrips if you have to. The Fiero cables 
commonly hung-up about 1-2 inches. I was forced to put a piece of yellow 
tape on the cable so I could see if they were retracted all the way into 
the sheath. Maybe that could work on a SHO.

You don't want to ever be in a car that has no brakes, and enough heat 
can do it. I was lucky, while another time a friend of mine almost 
killed 7 people with no brakes.

Leigh

Dynon007@aol.com wrote:
> The other night I let someone drive my car and they didn't let it warm up 
> very long. It was 10 degrees outside and the car doesnt drift much or any 
> when it is really cold. He took it up the street and came back and I could 
> see my rotor from about 1/4 a mile away. When he pulled in the thing was 
> almost see through red and looked like something a blacksmith would be 
> holding with those metal tongs. Would it being really cold have something to 
> do with the brake fluid? The thing was radiating so much heat I could feel 
> it, it looked like it was about to melt. Later in the night I let the car 
> warm up and drove it pretty far and applied the brakes pretty hard a couple 
> of times and got out to look and nothing was wrong. Maybe he left the e-brake 
> on. This happen to any of you guys? Should I be worried? 
>  91+ White MTX
>                                                                                 
>              Kent
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