Travis Bailey wrote:
>
> While I was swapping the wheels I decided to do my pads and rotors (and
> believe me I was happy to find 2 cross threaded caliper pins on the
> pass. side in a parking lot on a cold, windy saturday evening..took 2
> hours to track down heli-coils!), I used the Performance Friction carbon
> metallic pads, they seem to dust like a mo-fo! Anyone else have the
> same experience with these? On the other hand I did try the pad bedding
> procedure which involved probably 15 stops from 60-65 of varying
> intensity, and on fresh cut rotors, maybe the extra tooth is making them
> dust...at least it's black and not red like before. Feels great to stop
> smoothly for once!
>
I was just reading on the Bendix website that they recommend what they
call the 30/30/30 break-in procedure. 30 gentle progressing to medium
stops from 30mph with a minimum of 30 seconds between stops (preferably
driving to provide better cooling to the rotors).
Speaking of brakes, there was a Horse Power TV marathon on Spike today,
and on one of the episodes they put 14" (!) roush brakes w/ 4-piston
front calipers on their project mustang. Went from 127ft 60-0 to sub
100ft. Friggin' nutter is what that was.
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