Best way to bed in new pads

[Dave Hedgehog]

Whats the best way to bed in new pads? Does having monster sized drilled and groved discs make any difference on the bedding in procedure?

[northwest monkey]

I think it depends on what sort of pads & disks you have. A few years back I had Mintex 1155 pads & drilled disks on a car & was recommended to run the car up to about 60 then stamp on the brakes bringing the car to a stop. Repeat about 4 or 5 times & there should be smoke coming off the pads & the disks will be hot enough to light a fag. After this, the disks & pads were bedded in & you could use as normal.

Always seemed to work for me

[iva cosworth]

Just go for a gentle drive with light braking

[iva cosworth]

There you go ,2 completely opposite methods to try

[Dave Hedgehog]

yeah i have been googling it and there are dozen of different answers

[northwest monkey]

The internet is wonderful isn't it

[iva cosworth]

iva cosworth said:

There you go ,2 completely opposite methods to try

Not biased but i would go with what this sensible fella said

[16v_paddy]

A friend of mine did it the best way, bearing in mind that's what the instruction leaflet said to do, a few laps round Castle Combe with savage applications from 120+ mph to about 40 until they start to fade then leave for 10 mins & job done

But I usually go for the up to 70mph & brake hard to 20mph & repeat 4 or 5 times for decent pads & 2 or 3 times for normal pads

[b0rk]

Bedding in vary based on the pad compound... So what pad are trying to bed?

[sparkybean]

I suspect this is going to go exactly the same way as the 'running in an engine' thread.

[Himself]

It depends on the pads, but if you're going for the beat the crap out of them method, make sure you don't park/stop until they've cooled down properly.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Himself said:

It depends on the pads, but if you're going for the beat the crap out of them method, make sure you don't park/stop until they've cooled down properly.

thanks for this

bit pointless now as the engines just lunched itself ...

[E30M3SE]

Here is the bedding in procedure for Pagid pads.

Follow the manufactures recommended procedure.

[Himself]

Dave Hedgehog said:

thanks for this

bit pointless now as the engines just lunched itself ...

So you'll be asking the running in question next week

[Dave Hedgehog]

E30M3SE said:

Here is the bedding in procedure for Pagid pads.

Follow the manufactures recommended procedure.

superb post

thank you