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Feb 23, 2010 | 01:18 PM

#11

Stevelev

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Joined: Apr 2006

Posts: 696

From: Ottawa

Re: Brake squeal with new pads

Cut and pasted from my link on how to bed-in brakes: "DO NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP! If you stop completely and sit there with your foot on the brake pedal, you will imprint pad material onto the hot rotors, which could lead to vibration, uneven braking, and even ruin the rotors."

Last edited by Stevelev; Feb 23, 2010 at 01:27 PM.

Feb 24, 2010 | 11:26 AM

#12

plg_cp

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Joined: Aug 2008

Posts: 97

From: Ottawa

Re: Brake squeal with new pads

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneKam

i guess he means dont lock them but hey im curious on waht he means too.

How can you lock the brakes when there's ABS? But that's a good point, since if the ABS were to kick in it might produce uneven wear on the hot brakes due to the stuttering.

Mar 30, 2010 | 10:18 PM

#13

elevation

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Audi Forum - Posts like an A4

Joined: Mar 2009

Posts: 146

From: Vancouver

Re: Brake squeal with new pads

I 'bed' the brakes and now they are totally quiet. This worked great! Was kinda fun too. It was interesting to see how much farther my breaking distance increases the hotter the pad is.

Thanks!