How hot should my brake rotors get? - Toyota Yaris Forums

bairjo · 10-15-2015, 01:57 AM

I know this is a Yaris forum, but I just did my wife's Rav4 brakes...new rotors & pads. Shooting a laser at the rotors...any idea how hot front rotors should get?...ball park. I drove around town hitting 40 mph tops applying the brakes often but not real hard. I was getting around 300 degrees F. That seemed a little high. I'm sure if I hit the highway and did some test stops/slowdowns it would be higher. Should I be concerned? Once again, I realize this a Yaris forum but the information I hope to get would be helpful to us Yaris enthusiast. Also, the input from you guys is always much more in depth than the folks over on the Rav4 forum.

bronsin · 10-15-2015, 06:39 AM

Sounds perfectly normal to me.

bairjo · 10-15-2015, 09:09 AM

thank you....I guess I am just a little cautious since I had a problem with my sons Avalon years ago....not sure how hot the one with the bad caliper got but the rotor was a smoking blue when I took it on the freeway test run.

bronsin · 10-15-2015, 02:01 PM

That's too hot unless youre coming down Pikes Peak.

SirDigby · 11-10-2015, 12:30 AM

5000 degrees!!!
no, that's not right....

Bluevitz-rs · 11-10-2015, 09:40 AM

As long as they're both the same.

10-15-2015, 01:57 AM	#1
bairjo Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 603	How hot should my brake rotors get? I know this is a Yaris forum, but I just did my wife's Rav4 brakes...new rotors & pads. Shooting a laser at the rotors...any idea how hot front rotors should get?...ball park. I drove around town hitting 40 mph tops applying the brakes often but not real hard. I was getting around 300 degrees F. That seemed a little high. I'm sure if I hit the highway and did some test stops/slowdowns it would be higher. Should I be concerned? Once again, I realize this a Yaris forum but the information I hope to get would be helpful to us Yaris enthusiast. Also, the input from you guys is always much more in depth than the folks over on the Rav4 forum.

10-15-2015, 06:39 AM	#2
bronsin Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 4,790	Sounds perfectly normal to me. __________________ Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head

10-15-2015, 02:01 PM	#4
bronsin Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 4,790	That's too hot unless youre coming down Pikes Peak. __________________ Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head

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10-15-2015, 09:09 AM	#3
bairjo Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 603	thank you....I guess I am just a little cautious since I had a problem with my sons Avalon years ago....not sure how hot the one with the bad caliper got but the rotor was a smoking blue when I took it on the freeway test run.

11-10-2015, 12:30 AM	#5
SirDigby View User's Garage Drives: 2007 yaris 3 door Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,000	5000 degrees!!! no, that's not right....

11-10-2015, 09:40 AM	#6
Bluevitz-rs 1NZ-6spd View User's Garage Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,967	As long as they're both the same.