Jan 4, 2007 3:06:42 PM
- easy_rider911
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Steel brakes: how to prevent brown dust forming?
Every time I wash it or if I park after driving in rain, I take it for a few short (slow) laps in my underground car park repeatedly braking quite hard just to dry out the brakes.
I once forgot to do this and within 2 days I saw a thin layer of brown dust form on my brake discs. I took it for a few short slow laps again in the car park and the thin layer of brown dust again disappeared so that the brake discs look like new again. (It can't be rust since it hasn't penetrated the surface).
My question is: why do Porsche stainless steel brakes discolour so easily? How should one maintain them so that they last? Is this what all of you have to do to look after the discs? (Makes me feel sad that I live in a cold, damp country!

Is the 'gunk' that people talk about, the brown dust which oozes out of the holes drilled in the discs or is it something else?
[BTW, PCCBs were not an option for me]
Are there any previous threads on this subject? I tried searching - little joy...

Grateful for any advice/input

(Sheesh, my 2000th post...)