Pads/Rotor Break In Procedure
I have found the following effective procedure to be simple enough to follow, assuming you can find a low traffic, flat, straight road available for it to be executed on.
The following procedure is based on the break in procedure found on the PowerStop.com web site. Here's the link to where this content was paraphrased from: Power Stop - Pad/Rotor Break In Procedure
The goal of this procedure mate the pads to the rotor and establish a thin initial layers of friction between rotor and pad.
During the following procedure, do not stop. Don’t allow the pad to rest in the same place on a stationary rotor. If this does happen, you might create an uneven friction surface.
Step 1 of 4:
- Moderate stop from 40 to 10, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Moderate stop from 40 to 10, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Aggressive stop from 40 to 10, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Aggressive stop from 40 to 10, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Aggressive stop from 40 to 10, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
Step 2 of 4: - Will start to smell the break resin - good
- Moderate stop from 35 to 5, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Moderate stop from 35 to 5, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Moderate stop from 35 to 5, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Moderate stop from 35 to 5, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately
- Moderate stop from 35 to 5, don’t come to a complete stop, and continue on to next step immediately