Brake Pads and bedding them in.

[DreXeL]

I ordered a new set of Ferrodo DS2500 pads ready for Combe this coming saturday, however due to a delay I won't be getting them before today or tomorrow.

Obviously that doesn't leave much time for bedding them in.

Has anyone ever been on track with brand-new pads?

 

[DreXeL]

 

[DreXeL]

Cheers dudes

I'll still probably get my arse kicked by that pesky slipper-wagon though

 

[DreXeL]

DS2500s have a little form in the box telling you how to bed them in usually. One of the methods is to thrash it down the straights and stand on the brakes hard before the corners for a few laps, so drive it as normal.

They just arrived, and yep they had a box saying just that.

The instuctions say 25-30 times at 50%, then they are basically ready to go.

Sorted

Pity I have to go to work in a bit, I won'thave time to fit them today

 

[DreXeL]

My last set of pads had a 100 mile jaunt down the motorway to bed in before I spanked em round the track.

The drive to Combe should be more than enough.

Combe is about 10 minutes down the road from my house........

 

[DreXeL]

How worn are the disks? If there are significant ridges then the initial braking needs to be relatively gentle to wear the pads to the shape of the disks without creating hot spots on the pads. Once the pads and disks are fully conforming then you can start putting the heat cycles through the system to bed everything in properly.

Disks are hardly worn atall, they have about 4k miles on them.