This procedure was more for performance brake pads with slotted rotors and such. I did this after new pads / rotors. Just felt wonderful having brakes again !
Nope. The pads, calipers, master cylinders, boosters, and rotors all have the most efficiency when new. After that, its all downhill. There not like a motor, which has a break in period because metal parts have to wear slightly, and I mean very slightly, to mesh with the adjoining parts. When you rebuild a engine you get little metal shavings in the first oil change. That's from the cam lobes and rings and other moving parts settling into place if that makes sense. I'm trying to explain without being too technical. But anyways, a brake system doesn't function that way. Sure you would have some ppl say, but the pads have to wear to the rotor, but I don't think that is true neccessarily. I think that happens realitively quick after installation. Granted, you surface area would be less friction until proper wear is established. But again, that is fairly quick to happen. So, I might say a 1 week wear period based on that, but your not gonna tear anything up by pushing your brakes hard.
Country Boy is usually right, but not on this one. Just about every brake pad manufacturer now recommends a "bedding in" procedure. The most common one is called 30-30-30. You make a gradual stop from 30-mpg, let the brakes cools for 30-secs, and repeat 30 times.
The bedding in process works two ways. If the pads are made of "adherent" material, the bedding process transfers a thin film of brake friction material to the pores of the rotor. If the pads are made of abrasive material, the bedding process acts like a polishing steps to mate the pad to the rotor.
The WORST suggestion listed here is to do this from 50MPH. That'll overheat the pads and rotors resulting in glazed pads
Yes, of course. Bu the better the job the less the break-in. The surfaces must wear together without glazing. I woud say the first 1/2 hour the brakes are breaking in but the stopping power will increase for a week or more. If they glaze up perfectly good pads will not stop the car well enough. Then they can be sanded or replaced.
Nope, they are as good as they ever will be right now.
No.
