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3. Make a series of 10 stops from
60 to 5-10 MPH. At the
end of each stop, imm
ediately accelerate to 60 ag
ain for
the next stop. Run all stops
continuously in one cycle.
NOTE:
A moderate braking effort is
needed to properly break-
in the rotors and pads. A st
opping force of approxim
ately
0.8G’s, just short of ABS interv
ention, is the level of pedal
effort you are trying to attain.
4. During the 60 to 5-10 MPH series of stops, the exact speed is no
t critica
l. Acc
eler
ate to ap
proxim
ately 60
and begin the braking cycl
e. As you approach 5-10
MPH, it is n
ot necess
ary to watch th
e speedom
eter.
Keep your eyes on the road and approxim
ate your
speed at the end of each cycle.
NOTE: DO NOT COME TO
A CO
MPLETE S
TOP! THIS
WILL IMPRINT P
AD MATERI
AL ONTO THE ROTOR,
CAUSING A VIB
RAT
ION
DURI
NG FUTURE US
E.


5. W
atch f
or the f
ollowing:
• On the 8th or 9th stop, there shou
ld be a distinct sm
ell from

the brakes.
Sm
oke m
ay be eviden
t during earlier stops as well.
• Also on the 8th or 9th stop, so
me friction m
aterials will
experience “green fade”. This is a slight fading of the brakes. The f
ade will stab
ilize, b
ut not
com
pletely go away until the
brakes have cooled. • Af
ter the b
reak-
in cyc
le is f
inish
ed; there will b
e a blue tint
color on the rotor van
es with a light
gray film
on the rotor face.
The blue tint indicates th
e roto
r h
as reached th
e p
roper break in
tem
perature and the gray
film
is
pad m
aterial starting to transfer
onto the roto
r face.

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6. After the final stop, drive as m
uch as possible without
using the b
rakes to coo
l off the system. Ideally, the brakes
should be allowed to cool to
am
bient tem
perature before
using them
again.

NOTE: DO NOT COME
TO A CO
MPLETE S
TOP
WHEN THE SYS
TEM
IS HOT AND L
EAVE YOUR
FOOT ON THE PEDAL. PAD M
ATERIAL WILL
IMMEDIATELY TRANSFER TO
THE ROTOR
CAUSING A VIB
RAT
ION
DURI
NG FUTURE US
E.


7. Af
ter the f
irst break in c
ycle, th
e bra
kes will s
till not be
operating at optim
um
ca
pacity. A second or third heat
cycle is typ
ically n
ecess
ary before th
e brakes really start to
work optim
ally. This will occur during everyday use.


ALTERNATE BREAK IN PROCEDURE:


In the ev
ent that a safe drivi
ng area can not be used for the
dynam
ic break-in procedure, you m
ay also break-in the pads
and rotors using the following procedure:

•
Try to avoid abrupt, hard stops for the first 200 m
iles
(300 km
)
•
Avoid towing a tra
ile
r f
or th
e first 500 m
iles (800 km
)
•
Avoid any racing OR off-road
activities for the first 200
miles (300 km
)
•
Avoid repeated incline/dec
line braking for the first 200
miles (300 km
)

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