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[Closed] best way to bed in sintered pads

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whats the best way to bed them in.never used full sintered before but they are on new bike on hayes stroker trail.cheers gang.


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 12:50 am
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do you bed in sintered differently?


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 12:57 am
 Smee
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Just go ride your bike.


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 2:02 am
 mboy
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Same way as to successfully bed in any pads, sintered, organic or otherwise... Get em hot hot hot!


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 2:11 am
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ride break, ride break, ride break, etc, etc (not locking up the wheels) until the rotor is hot (around 10-20 times) - sprinkle some water on it - it should sizzle. Bingo. Pads should be bed in.

In reality I bung em in seconds before a ride and hope for the best.


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 3:14 pm
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To be fair, if you can lock up the wheels on a normal road surface (i.e. not offroad, gravel etc), chances are they're working. After fitting my brakes I wasn't thinking and almost got turned into a bonnet ornament at the first lights I tried to stop at.


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 4:12 pm
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I ride to the top of the hill just outside my house and scrub the brakes the whole way down. That usually does it. If not then I do it again.


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 4:56 pm
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Just go ride your bike.

Works for me!


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 5:51 pm
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As above I bed mine in by riding. First few stops are a bit dodgy but after that the pads are mated nicely to the rotors and they're working fine.


 
Posted : 29/03/2009 6:49 pm