Best way to "break-in" the brakes is to run them lightly for the first
2-3 miles (to break in the pads on the new rotor surface) and then brake
as normal. That's all ya have to do.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bill Pitz
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Speaking of Brakes...Breaking them In
At 02:23 PM 3/10/2004, you wrote:
>I'm getting pulsations during light braking, and me not being one to
>screw
>around with things I just went ahead and picked up rotors; Napa's
higher
>end ones made in the USA which they said are repackaged Raybestos
PG-Plus,
>$55 ea and pads; Performance Friction Carbon-Metallic, $42 from the
>'Zone. I had Napa check out the rotors on a lathe and they weren't
>perfectly true out of the box so they cleaned them up for me (no
charge,
>and didn't question my request...I love Napa!). How do I break these
>things in? I'm told drive super easy for a day, then brake moderately
the
>next day, and then on day three do some all-out stops from 60 to 15.
Just
>want to confirm this, and also give a heads up that probably most
rotors
>aren't truely true (lol) out of the box (I wanted them to check things
out
>after my friend told me about his experience).
I've always been told to stay easy on them for a 100-200 miles and then
brake hard a few times to get everything seated nicely.
Dunno if that's the "proper" way or not, but it seems to have worked
well
for me.
-Bill
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