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Old May 21, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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how to bed in brakes properly.

Ok guys for those of you having problem with steering wheel shake I would recommend you do the following for proper bedding of brakes.
Sorry, if this is a repost.

Whenever you get a set of new pads, rotors, or if your car is new you must heat cycle the pads to avoid any steering vibrations and get better performance out of the brakes.

First, speed up to 60mph and press the brakes gently(drag brake) and bring the car down to about 40 mph to heat up the rotors/pad to proper temp.
Do this about 4 times.

Second, bring the car back up to about 60-65mph and do 4 medium decleration to about 15mph. DO NOT come to a complete stop. This is very important.
This must be done one after the other.

Third, do 4 sets of hard braking from 60-65mph and bring the car down to about 15mph again. Do not come to a complete stop.

Finally, drive your car for about 15min with very minimal brake is possible to cool down the pads/rotors.
Again, this is very important because if you come to a complete stop while the rotors are warm, there is going to be pad deposits or many of you know it as uneven pad transfer.

After the cycles has been done, the pads are ready to use.

The reason why I am writing this how to is because I've had a 03 evo before and had steering shake while braking due to improper pad bedding/cycling.
I have done this on my evo9 and have zero steering shake and the brakes work very well.

Hope this helps some of you.
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Old May 21, 2006 | 09:31 AM
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Throw the pads in a toaster oven (ideally outside, it's gonna stink!) for a few hours, most brake manufacturers do a crappy job drying out the binder and resin material. I know people say outgassing isn't necessary anymore but sadly it is.
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Old May 21, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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hmm...i never tried that.
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Old May 21, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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Old May 21, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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[Yea, this is the problem I have found. Its hard to find any roads where there is enough room to go through all the cycles and not have cars come up behind you. Its pointless if you have to quit in between and dont keep up the brake temp.

QUOTE=MaxR]tire rack has instructions for bedding. but they are different for each brand. check it. the only problem will be people calling you an idiot for driving like an idiot.[/QUOTE]
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