Breaking in new pads / rotors ... how?
12-19-2005, 11:13 AM
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Breaking in new pads / rotors ... how? I recently got new brake pads and rotors and was wondering what was the proper proceidure to break in new brake pads and rotors?
break in ... brakes. i cant help but laugh at that line.
break in ... brakes. i cant help but laugh at that line.
12-19-2005, 11:21 AM
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Just put on new front rotors, calipers, and pads yesterday.
Lots of theories about how to break in new brakes.
What I plan to do is drive normally for a couple of hundred miles trying very hard to avoid any hard braking or panic stops. You don't want to super heat the new surfaces until they are seated.
By then, pads and rotors will be seated and can handle anything.
Lots of theories about how to break in new brakes.
What I plan to do is drive normally for a couple of hundred miles trying very hard to avoid any hard braking or panic stops. You don't want to super heat the new surfaces until they are seated.
By then, pads and rotors will be seated and can handle anything.
12-21-2005, 10:53 PM
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One of the better renditions for this procedure:
Pad and Rotor Bed-In Theory, Definitions and Procedures
As is this linky:
Complete technical white papers
Pad and Rotor Bed-In Theory, Definitions and Procedures
As is this linky:
Complete technical white papers
