Brake job Break in?

[Ryan]

Just did a routine break job. Have not done one in many years. Is there a break in procedure? Saw a tv show, they did a break in proccess but it was a big dollar brake job.

 

[zeus87gn]

The pad material has to run in...i.e. conform with the surface of the rotor and/or drum. But that happens within the first 100 miles regardless.

IMHO, a routine pad/shoe replacement should be followed by a fluid flushing/bleeding.

 

[TURBOTWIN2]

Do about 10-15 fairly hard stops from 45 to 50 mph, letting the brakes cool for about 30 seconds between stops. They're broken in. HTH.

 

[ijames]

The procedure in one of those professional trade magazines for the auto repair industry was to do about 5 moderately hard slowdowns from 60 to 20 mph or so, with 30 seconds to a minute between for cooling, then 5 more even harder, with more cooling in between. They said to NOT STOP during this, so that the hot pads wouldn't sit in one spot on a hot rotor but would keep turning for fastest cooling.