Anyone ever melt their brake sensors?
I spent last Sunday at the track, hot day (92F) on a course with lots of heavy braking. During the mid-afternoon session, my brake wear dash light came on. I pulled off the course and went to the paddock and did a quick check and everything looked ok - more than enough pad left, so I finished out the day with the dash light on and brakes working great.
This week I pulled the wheels and found that 3 of the 4 brake wear sensors had melted. 2 of the 4 sensors had pulled out of the pad (I assume after melting and losing the shape that keeps them "snapped" in) and were ground up by the rotor (which is why the brake wear dash light came on).
Replaced all four sensors and the brake wear dash light is off and all seems well.
1999 Boxster 2.5L, EBC RedStuff pads, Cquence cross drilled rotors.
As you can see here, the pads aren't worn down to the sensor holes - lots of pad left.
Here you can see the brake sensor end melted.
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