fast way of bedding in brakes
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Go out, find an empty road, keep accelerating and braking, braking for around 4secs at half pressure for 20-30 times then let them cool by driving. Think that's pretty much what the manual says.
Basically take them out and get them f
king hot then let them cool (but NOT while the car isn't moving).
Basically take them out and get them f
king hot then let them cool (but NOT while the car isn't moving).The trick to bedding in brakes is to get heat into the discs but don't come to a complete stop. If you come to a complete stop with the discs hot the pads will leech all of the heat from that area of the disc, and so the disc won't cool uniformly. This means you can get a kind of warping/deposit on the surface of the disc where the pad is. You do need to get rid of any goop that comes on the disc or pad though. I usually run brake cleaner over discs before fitting them, but pads often need some of the solvent used in manufacture to be burned off.
Let the brakes cool down by driving slowly and not braking to a standstill and when you've driven gently for a couple of miles you can stop the car.
Let the brakes cool down by driving slowly and not braking to a standstill and when you've driven gently for a couple of miles you can stop the car.
MX7 said:
Ferodo Website says said:
Ferodo DS Performance brake pads are supplied to you 'ready to perform' which means that they reach maximum efficiency after only one or two brake applications.
I bet that they work better after about 20 miles though.MarJay said:
The trick to bedding in brakes is to get heat into the discs but don't come to a complete stop. If you come to a complete stop with the discs hot the pads will leech all of the heat from that area of the disc, and so the disc won't cool uniformly. This means you can get a kind of warping/deposit on the surface of the disc where the pad is. You do need to get rid of any goop that comes on the disc or pad though. I usually run brake cleaner over discs before fitting them, but pads often need some of the solvent used in manufacture to be burned off.
Let the brakes cool down by driving slowly and not braking to a standstill and when you've driven gently for a couple of miles you can stop the car.
Pretty much this. Let the brakes cool down by driving slowly and not braking to a standstill and when you've driven gently for a couple of miles you can stop the car.
Usually I do around 10 "medium" brakes, say 70-30 then let the brakes cool for 5-10 minutes of gentle driving, then another 10-15 "on the limit" brakes between 80-20 then another 15 minutes of cruising gently before getting to my destination.
way weve always done it with the race cars (admitedly on a track) is to sit in say 3rd gear with your foot on the brake and keeping going round for say a lap, or however long it takes for the pedal to start to go away from you and becoem soft, then do another 1 or 2 laps with no brakes whatsoever to let them cool.
after this you should always check the disks for glazeing (haveing a blueish tint) if they are glazed rub down the disks a little with corse sandpaper, then your good to go
after this you should always check the disks for glazeing (haveing a blueish tint) if they are glazed rub down the disks a little with corse sandpaper, then your good to go
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