Re: RE: $#@# Brakes continued

From: Eric (huffy340@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 23 2010 - 01:25:10 EDT


> I've also not been a big fan of "take it out and do hard braking"
> to set the pads. Thats a sure fire way in my book to build up
> excessive heat, glaze your disc and pad friction surfaces, and
> warp nice new fancy rotors. Easy, normal braking is what I have
> always used on new brakes I have services, and its what I
> recommend to customers.

So what started the "burn em up" routine? It's what I've always
heard, and the theory behind it could make sense. But it could
easily be bogus, too.



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