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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