Not sure about new pads on old rotors, but your note reminded me that my
local non-LBC mechanic swears by having new rotors turned before installing.
Says even new ones aren't always true. Maybe he's just conning me, trying to
make a buck, but he only charges a few bucks each, so he's not making much!
Coincidentally(?), the marks left on the newly turned rotors are in a swirl
pattern. Maybe there's something to your emery cloth idea.
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>From: Skip Osmundsen <gosmund@mail.jax.bellsouth.net>
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Caliper pad break-in
>Date: Wed, Aug 25, 1999, 8:39 PM
>
>
> Hello all,
> I'm about to install new semi metallic pads on my TR6 (one small item
> in a long to-do list); anyway, I seem to recall reading somewhere that
> it's a good idea to use some fine grain emory cloth on the rotors
> to impart some fine scratches on the surface in a radial direction so
> that the pads will wear in properly and not become glazed. Can anyone
> comment on this?
> Thanks.
> Skip Osmundsen
> '76 TR6 (on stands)
> '60 TR3 (on stands for so long they look like part of the car).
>
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