Re: Heat Cycling New Pads?

["Peter Henriksen" <peterhen@hotmail.com>]

I believe the Mintex pads do not need to be heat cycled as they're baked (to
get all them nasty gasses out) before shipping.

- peter

----- Original Message -----
> I just installed Mintex (Red Box) pads on my 84 4000q on Friday, together
> with new Brembo cross-drilled rotors.  I heat cycled them by dragging the
> brake pedal successively while driving in third gear at about
> 30-35 mph.  I
> did this about 5 or 6 times, with the last time or two enough so that I
> could just smell the brakes getting hot.  Then I drove another 15
> minutes or
> so without touching the brakes so that they could cool down.