Bedding in brakes...

HI guys…just fitted braided hoses, new fluid and mintex 1144 pads. How long should it take to bed in the pads, or how many miles?
I’ve already done 300 miles with them.

Rooney

They’ll be well bedded in now!

See Here Click on “Motorsport” tab & then “C Tech”.

Cool, they’re squeaking quite a bit, is that normal?

Cool, they’re squeaking quite a bit, is that normal?

Yep - if you mean squealing

It’ll die down.

If you want to help it, the Nick Adams(?) method is to find a (private!) quiet road, where you can get up to a ton. Get up to speed and brake v.hard, on the third time stand v.hard on the brake for a couple of minutes. This should help mould the pad to the disk.

Ian

Cheers lads, hope it stops raining first.

Rooney

if following Nick Adams method you need to get some heat into the brakes via moderately hard braking but don’t let them cool before you do the rapido hard stops… search this site and you will find the full instructions somewhere.