I am about to replace my brake rotors and new pads, what is the best way to bed these in?
Pete

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A recent study found the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a year
Another study found Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon

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For non competition stuff - three or four hard stops ( not lock ups) from about 50-60 kph and then drive normally.

Do put new brake fluid into the calipers though - bleed the front brakes in other words - which is not what i did today when i put new pads in my commodre in a hurry.

Some really firm applications sure but generally, be gentle when they are brand new....

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Thanks for that, will try and do it this weekend.
Pete

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A recent study found the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a year
Another study found Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon

Kind of makes you proud to be an AUSSIE

drive carefully for a hundred-odd kays like i did..

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Do those heavy stops from 50-60k's like Mike said and you'll know they're bedding in....they stink like crap and get pretty hot.

Then I just do like cushy said and do the 100k's without any screaming banzai stops. Mighn't need the whole of those 100, but it doesn't do any harm.

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Don't come to a complete stop though does something like melt the pad material to the rotor not good anyway

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A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

I bed my minis new discs and pads in like that, the few hard stops, then careful driving...

Then I had what was best described as a really bad groaning noise under braking, particularly hard braking.

Brake pads were glazed

Cleaned em up with emery paper and bedded them in with simple careful braking, no harsh braking for 150 odd miles, spot on!

Careful with the hard braking or you will glaze the pads and the brakes won't work as well as they should!

Matt