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See Bendix Brakes "Brake Burnishing Procedures"
http://www.bendixbrakes.com/techCorner/faq.php



Brake Burnishing Procedures for New Brake Pads or Shoes

At Bendix, we highly recommend that new pads and shoes be broken in
properly.
After every brake job the technician should first confirm that he has
a good brake pedal by gently stroking the pedal to move the wheel
cylinders and caliper pistons back out to the normal position. After
confirming a good pedal the follow burnish procedure should be used
during the test drive:

30/30/30 Burnish Procedure

• Perform 30 stops from 30 miles per hour with a 30-second cooling
interval between stops. These stops will be performed at a
decelerating rate of 12 feet per second or less. This means that it
should be a gentle easy stop.

• The 30/30/30 Burnish Procedure beds the pads and shoes into the
rotor and drums. It also deposits the necessary friction transfer to
the rotors and drums for optimum brake performance.

• Following this procedure also assures that your customer will have
excellent brake performance from the first time he or she drives the
car after brake service has been performed. You should not depend on
your customer to break in the brake job. The only way to assure that
it is done correctly is to incorporate it into your brake job test
drive.
Remember, proper burnishing assures a long lasting, high performing,
noise free brake job!




On Jul 22, 1:03 pm, "Mark G." <anon40...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Good afternoon.
>
> I am about to install a new set of rear brake shoes on my 1991 Accord.
> What is the correct procedure to break them in properly?
>
> Thanks
> -Mark

johngdole@hotmail.com

Honda has added Akebono to the list, besides the good 'ol Findlex and
Nissin. I prefer the Akebono and just get the aftermarket Akebono
ProAct.




On Jul 22, 7:52 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
> personally, i'd be more worried about whether they were genuine honda
> brakes than what the break-in procedure was. in my experience,
> non-honda components tend to fade badly and score disks and drums.
> judging from your desire to replace the drums already, highly unusual on
> a honda except for extreme mileage or cheapo brake linings, it sounds
> like you could be discovering that already.