Burning brakes

[Redsoxx1918]

Ok...I like to drive fast. I like European sports cars and muscle cars. My 4Runner is my first body on frame SUV. I have a 2016 SR5 premium.

Surprisingly, it really doesn't handle all that bad for a big body on frame truck.

I drive to work on some nice winding back roads. It was a beautiful day. Warm...sun was shining...had all the windows and sunroof open and some good tunes on the radio. I drove my 4Runner hard on the way to work today....punched it on the straights, dove it into the turns and back on it out of the turns. Obviously, it didn't handle like a sports car but if you pick your lines right and don't go into the turns too too fast, it can still be fun.

By the time I got to work and parked though, I could smell the brakes pretty good. I don't think she was meant for the way I was driving her. I won't do that too often.

Anyone else heat their brakes up that much?


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[1engineer]

No...

 

[catrains]

don't drive like that in this type vehicle because it could be your last drive. those Rhode Island trees will jump out at you ...

 

[Antman]

No...

:lol:

 

[flyinhawaiian01]

LOL! Let the bashing begin!!!

Seriously though, it may not be the brakes that you're smelling. Read up on the forum about a mysterious smell when driven hard, it usually eminates from the rear pass side fenderwell and smells like burning rubber-type smell which may be part of what you're smelling.

Every now and then I'll drive my 4runner hard and will get that smell, first thoughts are usually brakes, then I smell it again and think burnt rubber, and its always strong in the fenderwell. Of course, I also drive my '87 truck like a track car every now and then (sometimes lifting the inner wheel off the road in corners while braking!) and I get all sorts of smells from that!

I really need to get the damned supra back on the road...

 

[Antman]

LOL! Let the bashing begin!!!

Seriously though, it may not be the brakes that you're smelling.

Great point!

Probably his brain cells burning...



I kid, I kid!

But yeah, probably.:lookout:

 

[Engineer]

I think the OP meant his post to be in green font..... :twitch:

 

[Saker]

............. I also drive my '87 truck like a track car every now and then (sometimes lifting the inner wheel off the road in corners while braking!) and I get all sorts of smells from that!...

I bet they (smells) are not all from the truck! :lol:

 

[Redsoxx1918]

I think the OP meant his post to be in green font..... :twitch:

What?

 

[1engineer]

What?

Green font means joking or sarcasm. Anything in green is not to be taken seriously, like your post lol.

 

[FrontRange4Runner]

It is likely that if they are hot enough to smell, then there will be some (or more) fade. Did you notice any? These are stock pads from Toyota, not Porsche so don't expect too much out of them. I'm pretty sure performance mountain driving was not in any part of the 4Runners test cycle.

 

[Redsoxx1918]

It is likely that if they are hot enough to smell, then there will be some (or more) fade. Did you notice any? These are stock pads from Toyota, not Porsche so don't expect too much out of them. I'm pretty sure performance mountain driving was not in any part of the 4Runners test cycle.

I didn't notice any fade. Of course I didn't drive it like a Porsche but my point was that it handled pretty well for an old school body on frame truck. Obviously they are not performance brakes so I'm sure they don't dissipate heat that well. However...they've gotta be a sturdy setup to withstand off-road use.

 

[Redsoxx1918]

Green font means joking or sarcasm. Anything in green is not to be taken seriously, like your post lol.

Why wouldn't it be taken seriously. My point was that it handled pretty well for an old school body on frame truck. The brakes need to be decent to hold up to off road use. I'm sure they aren't meant to be pushed too far on road, however.

I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed that smell in spirited driving.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I don't care WHAT you are driving, if you smell the brakes you are over-driving the vehicle.

Source: Me. M3, 911, Corvette owner.

Learn how to drive the vehicle you are in.

 

[1engineer]

Why wouldn't it be taken seriously. My point was that it handled pretty well for an old school body on frame truck. The brakes need to be decent to hold up to off road use. I'm sure they aren't meant to be pushed too far on road, however.

I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed that smell in spirited driving.

I put it in gree... never mind.

 

[LandCruiser]

I drive everything like I stole it.

KDSS is my copilot.

 

[Danimal]

I don't care WHAT you are driving, if you smell the brakes you are over-driving the vehicle.

Source: Me. M3, 911, Corvette owner.

Learn how to drive the vehicle you are in.

Never done a track day in those cool cars? Hot brakes are part of spirited driving, but I do agree that you can't (or shouldn't) get that spirited on the street. On a long, fast track however, that's normal.

Dan

 

[Bourbonator]

Can someone point me to the mountains in Rhode Island? I haven't seen a mountain since I drove through the Rockies on my way east... hills on the east coast aren't even as precipitous as the foothills in my backyard in CA.

 

[Redsoxx1918]

Gee....sorry I asked. Thanks for the legit responses. There are a lot of angry people on this board though. I retract the post.


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[DEERUNNER]

Downshift and keep it there if speeds allow. Third gear is often fun and allows for some engine braking which can help keep things a bit cooler and lasting longer. Or, slow down!