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Old 01-19-2006, 05:29 PM
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Haha pardon the pun. My Bonne gets a much needed brake job tomorrow, so I was wondering what the break-in procedure should be? Do I need to do some hard stops from certain speeds, or avoid heavy braking for a while, or what?

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Do a search on 'bedding pads', search for all terms. There'* a few topics around on it.
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Default Re: "Braking" in?

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Do I need to do some hard stops from certain speeds, or avoid heavy braking for a while, or what?
I always avoid heavy braking for the first 500 miles or so. however it did not really matter because my rotors warrped 800 miles into em. again...
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I found a couple threads that referenced "bedding pads," but none that described the process.
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I'm pretty sure the process is 30 gradual stops and you have to allow the brakes to cool between each one. 30-30 is how I remember it, You go 30 mph and stop gradually and repeat 30 times.

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Here'* some info:

http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm
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