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New rotor / brake pad break in

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dragon434

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So I recently changed my whole brake setup this past weekend with new rotors and pads

The rotors I used were from brake performance and I tried to follow the break in instructions as best as I could with nyc traffic

Im not sure if the brakes are bed in properly cause im getting alot of streaks, I did notice from a few videos alot of peoples rotors have no streaks whatsoever so i repeated the process again

Anyone with experience in this know if its an issue? the rear rotors look pretty uniform though, just the fronts look streaky
 

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Cruising68

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That contact patch looks awfully small on the rotor. Since bedding is critical to brake performance and longevity I would consider doing it again.

You can clean the rotors by doing several high speed braking events back to back. I usually do three 80-20 hard braking events back to back. You can also pull the rotors and clean them up with sandpaper.

Then do the normal bedding. For me that has always been 10-20 moderate 36-10mph stops with 30-60 seconds between for cooling. Then 10 or so moderate to firm stops from 50-10 with cooling time.

Remember the objective of bedding is to evenly transfer friction material on the rotor.

Good luck!


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