wet brakes

[gman]

why is it that when it rains my brakes are REAL GOOD. but when its dry their just ok?
ive got a single disc on front and drum rear.
:ride:

[Sensei]

Hummm / May have something to do with the compound of the brake pad's ?? . When it rain's may be cooling the disc more & pads working better than when disc is hot . Eg the pads may be gettig to hot & glazing slightly ?? :confused:
SENSEI

[gman]

ahh sensei you maybe right.grasshopper will check disc out when light returns to the world.
in other words ill look in the morning when i get it out of the shed!!
cheers dude :Punk:

[gman]

further to this thread i discovered that no pads left also means no brakes!!!! :whistle:
replaced pads and wahay :banana: got brakes again!! :niceone:

[saiko]

I knew there had to be a technical answer.