Bingo!
This is my take on break-in periods, I think it’s a legal loop hole. Companies tell the consumer to be very gentle and cautious, if the owner wrecks the vehicle right after they left the dealership, the owner doesn’t have a case because the manufacture states to drive easily. These trucks have 700hp I hope no one forgot, that’s a lot for a regular joe with a drivers license and never felt anything faster than there Kia Rio and can throw this thing off the road very easily. There’s nothing on a new vehicle that needs to break in, in fact things like the brakes should be broken in hard. As well as the motor, the only thing that needs to break in is the piston rings against the cylinder wall to reduce blow by increase power, which is done by high pressures and hard driving. Want a factory freak?
That is indeed an interesting take on the break-in.
I’ve thought about that too, for instance Hyundai elantras say don’t drive over 55mph and vary the rpm’s. They give some good advice on varying the rpm’s and not hold the car on cruise control, but the 55mph thing makes absolutely zero sense. Nothing on a new vehicle requires being broken in by low speeds, again I think it’s just another legal thing to prevent people from leaving the dealerships and doing 110mph down the highway, crashing, and blaming the manufacturers for not telling them how to drive it initially. All modern vehicles are capable of high rates of speeds and as long as you have a drivers license, you can jump in anything with a vin number.
I've wondered this same thing!This is my take on break-in periods, I think it’s a legal loop hole. Companies tell the consumer to be very gentle and cautious, if the owner wrecks the vehicle right after they left the dealership, the owner doesn’t have a case because the manufacture states to drive easily. These trucks have 700hp I hope no one forgot, that’s a lot for a regular joe with a drivers license and never felt anything faster than there Kia Rio and can throw this thing off the road very easily. There’s nothing on a new vehicle that needs to break in, in fact things like the brakes should be broken in hard. As well as the motor, the only thing that needs to break in is the piston rings against the cylinder wall to reduce blow by increase power, which is done by high pressures and hard driving. Want a factory freak?
Hmm. Why would you believe what the engineers have to say? These days the real truth is found on forums and You Tube.
No matter the tolerances and surface finishes, the drivetrains are assembled with machined parts that have machined surfaces. Not running surfaces. Not until they are broken-in.
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Ostensibly the engines are “run-in” at the plant to some degree. But the rest of the truck is not.
So the front axle, rear axle, and transfer case are filled with oil and run-in at their respective assembly plants before shipping? Curious because there was an awful lot of trash on the magnets and glitter in the lube on mine. Rear axle was especially bad. Was that from them breaking it in, or me?
We both know that most will just ignore the break-in altogether because it’s inconvenient. They won’t keep it long enough for that to bite them anyway. A part’s reasonable lifetime to those guys, a reasonable lifetime to Dana and a reasonable lifetime to me are all different things. Best I can do is use my experience, common sense, and my own two eyes.
