Bed in or Bedding Pads
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Bed in or Bedding Pads
It is mind boggling how many different procedures there are for bed in of your brake pads/rotors. EBC for example has multiple directions for the pads that are on-line as well as what they pack with the pads. Akebono has some pads that say no bed in required. Tirerack has an article that says all pads must be bed in. It's absolutely crazy the amount of different strategies for the process.
Normally I'd just follow manufacturers recommendations, except when they can't seem to agree on what they are recommending.
What did you do with yours?
Normally I'd just follow manufacturers recommendations, except when they can't seem to agree on what they are recommending.
What did you do with yours?
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Each pad manufacturer will tell you something different because they use slightly different materials and manufacturing process. The bedding procedure is as much for mating the pads and rotors as it is for conditioning the pad material. If you buy EBC pads, follow the EBC procedure. If you buy Akebono pads, follow the Akebono procedure.
That being said, I can't remember ever performing a bedding procedure after replacing brake pads, and I've only had an issue once where the pads and rotors got wonky after a short period of time. I don't race either.
That being said, I can't remember ever performing a bedding procedure after replacing brake pads, and I've only had an issue once where the pads and rotors got wonky after a short period of time. I don't race either.
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Minnie.the.Moocher (04-13-2019)
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the bedding procedure where you go out and brake HARD several times in succession is to rapidly bed the brakes like when you slapped so new pads in the middle of a track day
for normal use, as stated in the owner's manual for a new car, and/or the instructions of most pads I've used and/or brake places who've done mine ... drive conservatively for a couple of hundred miles to allow the pads to 'bed'. You won't hurt anything doing the rapid process put on the other hand do you think they did this at the factory? What would you think if you saw the dealer doing this to your new car as part of "dealer prep"!
similar to the advice when you put on new tires .... New tires will have 'chemicals' on then which were used to help them release from the molds. You will not get best performance from new tires until you put a couple of hundred miles on them and scuff 'em up a bit.
for normal use, as stated in the owner's manual for a new car, and/or the instructions of most pads I've used and/or brake places who've done mine ... drive conservatively for a couple of hundred miles to allow the pads to 'bed'. You won't hurt anything doing the rapid process put on the other hand do you think they did this at the factory? What would you think if you saw the dealer doing this to your new car as part of "dealer prep"!
similar to the advice when you put on new tires .... New tires will have 'chemicals' on then which were used to help them release from the molds. You will not get best performance from new tires until you put a couple of hundred miles on them and scuff 'em up a bit.
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Minnie.the.Moocher (04-13-2019)
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Go out and do HARD stops from 60-10....maybe 4 or 5. DO NOT COME TO COMPLETE STOP at any time. You may start to smell them...good. Do it some more from 45-5ish. You should be smelling them by now. Again do not stop. You do not want your hot brake pads clamping down on the hot rotors. Lastly, cruise around with minimal braking and no stopping until they are cooled down....a couple miles. Done.
Like others said, point is to get a layer of EVEN pad deposits on the rotors. It can be difficult to find roads to accomplish this, especially if you are in a heavily populated area.
Like others said, point is to get a layer of EVEN pad deposits on the rotors. It can be difficult to find roads to accomplish this, especially if you are in a heavily populated area.
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Minnie.the.Moocher (04-13-2019)
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^^^ THIS ^^^ is pretty much the way I bedded my new StopTech brakes on my R56. But when I installed the BBK on my F56, on the 80 mile drive home, I hit them hard a couple of times when I had the road to myself and then normal braking the rest of the way. Been working fine since then. I agree with following the manufacturers instructions.
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I just installed new EBC pads and StopTech rotors on my F54 JCW, and did StopTech pads and rotors on my R53 JCW GP a couple of years ago. Followed the same procedure to bed them in both times. I've worked around high-performance cars and car guys my whole career. Ever time I asked about bedding in, I got similar answers.
Drive like normal, being aware that the new pads/rotors aren't at their best for the first 50-150 miles. Avoid prolonged light-medium braking during regular driving and apply medium-firm pressure a few times from higher speed without coming to a complete stop (like the above mentioned 60-10mph). After that 50-150 miles of this kind of driving and applications, drive like normal and brake as you would normally.
Seems to work for me, my new pads and rotors are broken in nicely. New setup is excellent, along with new Castrol SRF fluid and a switch to non-runflat Contis making it even better on high-speed canyon runs.
Drive like normal, being aware that the new pads/rotors aren't at their best for the first 50-150 miles. Avoid prolonged light-medium braking during regular driving and apply medium-firm pressure a few times from higher speed without coming to a complete stop (like the above mentioned 60-10mph). After that 50-150 miles of this kind of driving and applications, drive like normal and brake as you would normally.
Seems to work for me, my new pads and rotors are broken in nicely. New setup is excellent, along with new Castrol SRF fluid and a switch to non-runflat Contis making it even better on high-speed canyon runs.
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Minnie.the.Moocher (04-14-2019)
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By bedding in the brakes one does this under "controlled" conditions and gets it out of the way all at once.
My routine with a new car or a car with new brakes is to always do a bedding in as soon as I can. For example I got new rear pads installed in my JCW yesterday. In just a couple of blocks from the dealer I was on the freeway racing towards the office and when I had a chance I did some hard braking from speed which bedded in the new rear pads.
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Go out and do HARD stops from 60-10....maybe 4 or 5. DO NOT COME TO COMPLETE STOP at any time. You may start to smell them...good. Do it some more from 45-5ish. You should be smelling them by now. Again do not stop. You do not want your hot brake pads clamping down on the hot rotors. Lastly, cruise around with minimal braking and no stopping until they are cooled down....a couple miles. Done.
Like others said, point is to get a layer of EVEN pad deposits on the rotors. It can be difficult to find roads to accomplish this, especially if you are in a heavily populated area.
Like others said, point is to get a layer of EVEN pad deposits on the rotors. It can be difficult to find roads to accomplish this, especially if you are in a heavily populated area.
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