CARE AND MAINT
ENANCE:
•
Your brake calip
ers hav
e a
painted finish. Imm
ediately
clean off any spilled brake fluid, wiping it off with a soft, clean terry-cloth towel.
•
Do not use any harsh chem
icals when cleaning your
calipers. W
ash your calipers
with soap and rinse with
water.
•
Do not use any harsh chem
icals when cleaning your rotor
hats (the black anodized center
part of the rotor assem
bly).
Wash your rotor hats with soap and rinse with water.
•
Breaking-in rotors and pads
is c
ritica
l to th
e optimum
perform
ance of your new brakes. W
hen braking-in new
parts, you are not only heat-cycling the pads, you are also depositing a layer of pad m
aterial
onto the ro
tor face. If not
broken-in properly, an uneven la
yer of pad m
aterial will be
deposited onto the rotor, causing vibration.
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any tech
nical
que
stions
, visit our we
bsi
te at
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ontact
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BIG BRAKE KIT
OWNERS MANUAL:
Congratulations on the purchase of your new TRD Big
Brake kit. Depending on how your vehicle is driven, your
brake pads and rotors may produce more “brake dust”
than the original front brakes. This dust may be seen on
the front wheels and is normal. It may be necessary to
clean your front wheels more often than before.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE MAXIMUM
PERFORM
ANCE FROM YOUR NEW B
RAKE KIT,
THE FOLLOWING BREAK-
IN PROCEDURES ARE
RECOMMENDED.
NOTE: TRD DOES NOT ENDO
RSE SP
EE
DING ON
PUBLI
C ROADS; THEREFORE,
IF A SAF
E ARE
A
CANNOT BE US
ED F
OR BRE
AK-IN, REFER TO TH
E
“ALTERNATE BREAK-IN PROCEDURE” SECTION.
RECOMMENDED BREAK-IN PROCEDURE:
1. Read through the procedure a
nd find a suitable, safe and
legal area to perform
the necessary stops.
2. BEFORE
st
arting the break-in procedure, drive with
gentle b
raking. Do not use brakes ag
gressiv
ely u
ntil
perform
ing brake-in procedure.
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