EBC pad bedding

[Sayiwont38]

So I needed to replace my front brake pads so I got ebc semi sintered pads. I know they need to get bedded to they function and last a long time. Ive read that I need to be easy for 200 miles per the end website. But ive read elsewhere that after 200 miles I need to put a few heat cycles in to finish them. Is this correct?

 

[Hurricane]

Excuse my ignorance but what is getting the pads bedded mean?? I've never heat cycled pads, I have always just slapped them on road like usual and they have always seemed to work just fine.

 

[azglocker]

I've never read the instructions (that's like asking for directions!) but my dad always rode the brakes for a few miles after changing brakes. Followed by a few hard stops in quiet areas to make sure they didn't pull. His reasoning was to grind them in to match the rotors before actually needing them.

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[Sayiwont38]

Bedding in brakes is just getting the new pads to mate with your rotors and getting them to where they contact the rotor evenly

 

[Hurricane]

Bedding in brakes is just getting the new pads to mate with your rotors and getting them to where they contact the rotor evenly

Gotcha! I had a vine bed into my rear brake pads yesterday during a harescramble race on my last lap, cost me 2 positions after stopping digging them out for 10 minutes.