[rilagan]

I just learned about bedding the brakes when I changed the brake pads on my other car.
The VT has near 5,000 miles on it and have never really been in a situation to severely use the brakes.
Should I still "bed" the brakes?

 

[Piercemotorsports]

Nope, your good---they've worn in just fine by now.

 

[AJ175]

Nope, your good---they've worn in just fine by now.

Yep - agree. Bedding should be done ideally within first 100km/60Mi and before 500km/300mi

 

[Bender]

My prob with Bedding the brakes will be finding a road near me that I can get up to the speeds then brake quickly then speed up, brake etc

Whats the min speed that you could use the bed the brakes?

 

[Piercemotorsports]

Speeds not as critical as you think---you could go 100km's down to 40's smoothly about 6-8 times in a row and then drive normally for a bit and you'd be great.

 

[Bender]

Cheers, thanks for that.

 

[Ricky-D]

I think the "big thing" regarding new brakes is to realize that material from the new pads can adhere to the new rotors if improper braking practices are used out of the gate.

For instance: Making hard braking stops coming to a complete stop with the pedal pressure being maintained fully through the whole "stopping" experience. Best practice is to release the brake pressure just prior to stopping, then reapply the brakes to finalize the stop.

What happens (if you continue the brake pressure on the hot pads and rotors) is that particles of the brake pads bond to the rotors and then become part of the rotor, contamination if you will, and cause problems such as less braking power and more aggressive wearing of the pads & rough and uneven rotors.

Releasing the brakes just before coming to a complete stop provides a slipping release of the pads from the rotors and leaves no deposits on the rotors.

This is really a good practice whenever doing hard stopping, not just only for new pads and rotors.

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[addie]

For instance: Making hard braking stops coming to a complete stop with the pedal pressure being maintained fully through the whole "stopping" experience. Best practice is to release the brake pressure just prior to stopping, then reapply the brakes to finalize the stop.