really hard braking in wet

[97rs]

it has been raining the past few days in kansas and when i go out in the morning, or after school, or whenever the car is cold, the brakes are almost 100% braking when i hit the brake if that makes any sense. there is no moderation in the brake pedal. this only happens the first couple times i hit the brakes, then when i get out on the road they are normal again. i was just wondering if there is a problem with my brakes or something?

[TwoTealTerrors]

97 It is completely normal for the brakes to grab hard after or during rain. I dont know exactly what causes it maybe because the rotors rust and them firt few times you hit the brakes it creates more friction than a "clean" rotor. But all three of my camaros have done it ever since I had them. Nothing to be worried about.

Later,
Mike

[Dominic]

Even street pads require a slight warmup to work; also the first few brakes you make are rubbing off the surface rust which builds up overnight. Its usually not a problem but its often a good idea to make a few quick short stops (gradual ones) to just knock off this rust and warm the pads and rotors slightly. [img]smile.gif[/img] In super cold weather you might even want to run a different compound pad, (say if you were in siberia), but thats a whole nother story.

[TurboKillaZ]

mine does the same thing

[Blizzard96]

My car does it too...usually my car will be parked outside of work during rains. When I get back, I have to brake about 4-5 times to get rid of the grab. It grabs HARD...first time before I knew about it, it scared me.