breaking in new brakes
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breaking in new brakes
I just installed new 4th gen brakes. ls1 disc's front and back w/ new rotors calapers And ceramic pads. What is the proper break in procedure?
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Re: breaking in new brakes
Depends the manufacture should have a go by..
Make sure you clean rotors with brake cleaner as rotors have a rust protectant on them
And rotors nowadays have non directional grinding to help with the bedding
But usually the bedding procedure is back to back stops from 60-40 to 10-5mph around 5 to 6 times
At first you might feel that the pads are not gripping compared that just means pads are not bedded as you bed pads in you will gradually start to feel pads gripping more and more
Make sure you clean rotors with brake cleaner as rotors have a rust protectant on them
And rotors nowadays have non directional grinding to help with the bedding
But usually the bedding procedure is back to back stops from 60-40 to 10-5mph around 5 to 6 times
At first you might feel that the pads are not gripping compared that just means pads are not bedded as you bed pads in you will gradually start to feel pads gripping more and more
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