MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - Upgraded Brakes instead of Big Brake System

kapps · Jul 16th, 2004, 01:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by northandy

how did you bed them in ?... it sounds from your post like you did some hard braking to do this ?... (sorry if i'm reading that wrong)... I was always told to avoid havy braking for the first 200 miles, otherwise you get glazing of the pads which reduces efficiency for a while.... the pads should not touch the disk when not applied, that could be causing the lines/marks....

however i'm no expert !

There are many different bedding in procedures. As he installed EBC green stuff ( a slightly high performance pad), hard braking probably was his best bet. The idea is to warm up the brakes then do some near lock-up stops from about 70 to 10 (not completely stopping). Very high performance setups actually require this be done a few times to completely bed them in. Here's a link on bedding in brakes: http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

Jul 16th, 2004, 01:44 PM	#6
kapps MINI2 Senior Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Local Time: 06:22 PM Posts: 429 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by northandy how did you bed them in ?... it sounds from your post like you did some hard braking to do this ?... (sorry if i'm reading that wrong)... I was always told to avoid havy braking for the first 200 miles, otherwise you get glazing of the pads which reduces efficiency for a while.... the pads should not touch the disk when not applied, that could be causing the lines/marks.... however i'm no expert ! There are many different bedding in procedures. As he installed EBC green stuff ( a slightly high performance pad), hard braking probably was his best bet. The idea is to warm up the brakes then do some near lock-up stops from about 70 to 10 (not completely stopping). Very high performance setups actually require this be done a few times to completely bed them in. Here's a link on bedding in brakes: http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm