it's either.
whether from a brake fluid issue, or friction material issue.
what does Wikipedia say ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: RE thread on brakes, Dot3,4, etc.(long post)

> You're right Allan. Brake fade is caused by the layer of hot gases between
> the friction medium and the rotating surface.
>
> Boiling fluid is, uh, boiling fluid!  =)
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Nice write-up, however I always understood "brake fade" to mean the
>> heat-related loss of friction, not the boiling water/fluid phenomenon.
>>
>> Allan
>> --
>> 1991 Vanagon GL
>>
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> --
> Jake
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