| Re: Pads, Rotors et all |
Subject: Re: Pads, Rotors et all by BillH on 2009/3/29 14:38:40 Quote:
Yep, it's necessary especially to get the most out of your pads. Will they work wothout doing this - Yes. Will they fade in a panic stop - Quite possible. What you're doing in the bedding process is putting a layer of pad material on the discs. This is even more important when changing pad types. Your pads work abrasviely when brand new and somewhat when ice cold. Bedding in the pads puts this transfer layer on the discs. This adherent layer will greatly reduce brake fade and actually reduces rotor wear. The only way to get this adherent layer on is to bed the pads properly. Hawk street pads will have the bedding process on the outside of the box. They're race pads come with a bright orange set of instructions in the box (they think it's that important). This is easy to do. 10 runs from 60mph down to 10 mph with the brake pedal force at 80-90% of lockup. The runs should be done back to back without letting the pads cool much. Then drive 10 munutes or so to let the pads cool down. I tend to breakin pads like racepads with the first 2 runs at 50% pedal application to slowly warm them up. And do the 10th run at 100% pedal. I also make sure the rotors are fairly cool before I park the car. |
