I was reading an article on breaking in new rotors and pads....
It talks about the 10 stops from 60mph it also states to brake enough to engage the ABS. Now i know what ABS stands for but how do i know that it is engaged??

 

DO NOT do as you have written
Activating the ABS with new brakes will trash them big time!
The ABS test is for after bleeding brakes to make sure everything is good

So lets start with what brand of rotors and pads you installed
They have different procedures and if hi performance- they have their own too!

Basic parts- drive gently with no panic stops or engagement of ABS- that means no stomping on the brake pedal so hard it pulsates under your foot- thats ABS at work-
for 500 miles then use as desired

HI performance parts involve a series of repeated slow downs- not to a stop!!!
The idea is to heat the rotors and pads and cook off manufacturing resins and establish a transfer layer of pad material to rotor

So --- what did you buy?

 

best rule of thumb is to NOT do any hard braking until you have a few hundred miles on the brakes. Then if you feel the need bed them in with the 10 repeated 60-10 slowdowns. You are supposed to brake just hard enough NOT to engage the ABS. If you haven't experienced ABS after your brakes have been on awhile i suggest you take your car out to a side road somewhere and get it up to speed and just mash the brake pedal to the floor to get it to engage. that way you arent surprised when the day comes when you do need it

 

^^ I drove 500 miles after installing my Rotoras like that, no hard stopping, just easing my way into a stop every time breaks need to be applied. The result? My rotoras have been on the car for a year and half with original pads and still have no fading, shaking, warp problems.

 

+1 on advice from 01tl4tl - he knows of what he speaks. I managed to mess up my new rotors and pads (kind of), and he was able to give some good advice on fixing the problem.

 

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yup my ebc said drive gently for 300 miles and thats it.... i think it has to do with their brake-in coating that u dont have to do the 60-10 stops to bed it in..