Right, the XR discs are fucked after about 500miles (methinks I spanked them a little too hard) so I am goin to buy some new ones 2moz.

How do I bed them in, do I have to drive miss daisy for a month???

And before you all say "Ford brakes are shite, go buy some monster APs" I dont wanna spend loads on the peice of shit, I just need it to run me round while I look for another car.

CheeRS

 

Couple of hundred miles of not too hard braking should do it.


Dave.

 

What....like us Dave? stamp on the brakes & there bedded in, ready for action

 

Paul, thats how I usually do it.

Do I drive and lightly press the pedal to warm up??

 

Driving like Miss Daisy will possibly glaze the pads....

http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm gives some good details, basically a few near stops, getting heat into the pads and disc, then allowing to cool down properly. Just be very careful, as bedding brakes in can be an anti-social behaviour

 

So thats basically saying stamp on the fuckers once you have them warm???

Winner.


Do i 'have' to change the pads as there is fooking loads of life left in them

 

done this on my runabout, now they squeel like pigs

 

No - infact it's better to run a disc in on an old pad.

 

Check the pads in a few weeks again as these can wear away loads when putting new discs on.



Dave.

 

I just want the car to stop feeling like it has parkinsons when I press the middle pedal

 

Getting the wobbles then.



Dave.

 

Wobbles??

Fuck me.................. its like some cunt is trying to rag my steering wheels side to side in an attempt to get me into a ditch. I think the car might be haunted

 

Agree with Rick also, but that's not always possible....

 

aye, especially when u move to specialist stuff

 

i read some where to drag the bake on for 1k while on the gas a little to heat them up, then do a few stops from fairly high speed. ?!?!?!?

 

well i heard warm them up with gentle stopping for 10 mins then find a long deserted straight stretch of road and go (in mph) with normal hardish braking 10-0, 20-0, 30-0, 40-0 etc etc.

worked for my brembo/ferrodo combo

 

yeah il second that.. my mate at tweeksies does it just like that, run the car with the brake on a lil for a few yards n do it on and off for a bit.. then just do sum mild to moderate braking..

 

Ballin I do the same process. I also take a sanding disk to the surface of the rotors to clean away any extra plating and ruff up the surface just a little to help seat the pads.