How much clear road to bed in brakes - please check my work
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Hi,
Trying to figure out the best place to bed in my brakes (which I haven't fitted yet). The instructions say a series of 8 "near stops" from 60mph to 10 mph, accelerating immediately back to 60mph.
My assumptions and calculations are as follows (I suspect most of these are erring on the side of caution)
10mph - 60mph - 5 seconds
60mph - 10mph - 7 seconds
Thinking time at 10mph - 5 seconds
Thinking time at 60mph - 5 seconds
Average speed for the exercise 40mph
Each "near stop" is 22 seconds at an average speed of 40mph, during which time I will have travelled 0.244 miles
Therefore to do 8 "near stops" I will need 1.95 miles. This seems alot - have I made an error in my logic?
I think I can find somewhere, and at 4:30 in the morning I should have good visibility and not much traffic.
Trying to figure out the best place to bed in my brakes (which I haven't fitted yet). The instructions say a series of 8 "near stops" from 60mph to 10 mph, accelerating immediately back to 60mph.
My assumptions and calculations are as follows (I suspect most of these are erring on the side of caution)
10mph - 60mph - 5 seconds
60mph - 10mph - 7 seconds
Thinking time at 10mph - 5 seconds
Thinking time at 60mph - 5 seconds
Average speed for the exercise 40mph
Each "near stop" is 22 seconds at an average speed of 40mph, during which time I will have travelled 0.244 miles
Therefore to do 8 "near stops" I will need 1.95 miles. This seems alot - have I made an error in my logic?
I think I can find somewhere, and at 4:30 in the morning I should have good visibility and not much traffic.
rustednut said:
I am curious to which brand gives such specific bedding in advice.
Bedding in just needs to be a process of heating up, but not excessively, a few times and avoid any emergency style braking until a few heat cycles have been achieved.
On most cars, with most brands, it is unlikely to even need any specific bedding in, just sensible braking for around 150 miles of normal use.
I'll (mostly) ignore the massively sarky posts, and answer this one. The pads and disks are from Formula Dynamics, and the bedding in advice they provide is exactly as outlined in the OP.Bedding in just needs to be a process of heating up, but not excessively, a few times and avoid any emergency style braking until a few heat cycles have been achieved.
On most cars, with most brands, it is unlikely to even need any specific bedding in, just sensible braking for around 150 miles of normal use.
For those who are being slightly unkind - I merely asked advice. It's not something I've ever done before. The disks and pads were relatively expensive and I want to make sure I get it right. I bow down to your superior knowledge and experience and apologise profusely for asking the question.
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