Timeline for How long do new rotors take to break in?
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| Jun 22 at 13:06 | comment | added | juhist | Oh wow, 10000 km. After this amount of time, I would have worn two sets of pads, and the rotors would be fully worn by them. Something is wrong. If I wear rotors in 10000 km and you break in rotors in 10000 km, either you aren't braking at all, or there is one extra zero in there. It certainly shouldn't be the case that rotors would take as much time to break in as they take to wear to minimum thickness. | |
| Aug 15, 2023 at 18:56 | comment | added | Paul H | To future readers of this question -- your brakes should not take this long to bed in. 10 hard braking efforts (for front and rear individually) when pedaling around the block should get you ~90% of the way there. | |
| Aug 15, 2023 at 17:18 | vote | accept | MaxD | ||
| Aug 15, 2023 at 17:18 | history | answered | MaxD | CC BY-SA 4.0 |