Originally Posted By: KenO
Originally Posted By: Char Baby
I know there are two schools of thought on bedding in brakes. I'm not one for bedding in the pad with 10-30 stops!
I just drive normaly and all is GOOD! Has been for over 40 years.
When I have bedded in brakes by doing the many stops, I also had rotor problems sooner...like in 2-3 months! Just my .02cents
10-30 stops seems excessive, bed-in procedure varies by pad manufacturer. Here's a link from Tirerack with a variety of pad manufacturers bed-in procedures. Also, fwiw, the entire process is to transfer a layer of brake pad friction material, at a molecular level, to the surface of the brake rotor. No offense, but if you bedded in pads and had rotor issues, then you did something wrong.
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=85
Yep, probably did something wrong! That's why I just drive my vehicles normaly after a pad change and get at least 4 years out of my rotors before having to change them out due to all of the rust from road salt in my area/winters.
And this rotor issue usually happened with the smaller vehicles, not the full size of SUV's.