it's the brakes heating up that's all but you should baby them first before you are rough with them
Slight brake smoke after changing pads and rotors???
As you read it today I did the full brake job. The brakes feel nice and smooth. No more vibrations, and nice to be able to hammer down to a red light and stop quickly. Anyways after heating up the brakes a little I noticed poofs of smoke, and smelled brakes. The pistons on the calipers all pushed back in easily with a C clamp. The car doesn't pull. Is this a normal break in thing? I made sure to spray the brakes with brake clean before I installed them. What could be going wrong? Thankyou
Bart
Bart
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ummmm, maybe cuz you need to break them in. 
so for the first couple of 100 miles take it easy on them.
so for the first couple of 100 miles take it easy on them.I have babied them but was wondering if anything was sticking or this is a normal Toyota thing?
you got semi-metalic pads huh? those suck use ceramic pads instead less smoke and they help keep your wheels looking cleaner
The first couple of times using the brakes you are going to get smoke, that is normal and ok. And definitly use ceramic pads, preferably dealer pads.
i heard dealer pads are organic ......
Depends on the car. For the camry they are ceramic. Made by akebono. If they are for like an older corolla they are organic. The difference is the company that makes them. If they are made by sumitomo they are organic. You can tell by the back of the pads. If they are akebonos they will have an ak on them.
did you spray the brakes or did you spray the rotors?LexusES250 said:As you read it today I did the full brake job. The brakes feel nice and smooth. No more vibrations, and nice to be able to hammer down to a red light and stop quickly. Anyways after heating up the brakes a little I noticed poofs of smoke, and smelled brakes. The pistons on the calipers all pushed back in easily with a C clamp. The car doesn't pull. Is this a normal break in thing? I made sure to spray the brakes with brake clean before I installed them. What could be going wrong? Thankyou
Bart
Your supposed to wipe off this layer of goo they coat the rotors in(rust prevention) with Brake cleaner...
Nothing wrong with semi metallic, they're quite good under heavy loads... hmm I had my brakes smoke when my brakefluid was expired.you got semi-metalic pads huh
Yeah I cleaned the brake glazing off with Brake Clean or however you spell it. They were nice and clean, but don't smoke anymore must have been a break in thing. Later
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