New Brake pads & discs - Now Brakes feel unresponsive

danielley

Hi there

Had my MOT & Service yesterday and had to get new pads & discs.

When I collected the car I was expecting the brakes to feel mega responsive as they had been 'improved/fixed' but it was quite the opposite; I have to put a lot more force on the brake pedal to bring the car to a stop.

I have just rang the garage and the guy said that sometimes it takes a little while for the pad & disc to 'bed together' and for me to see how I go on over the next few days, but If I am not happy, they will take the car back and check on it.

Does this sound normal, this 'bedding in time' or am I being fobbed off?

benham3160

Yes, it's perfectly normal.

DO NOT brake hard on the pads for the next few hundred miles, they should gradually start feeling better.

This is why I don't change discs until they're completely "cattle-trucked".

Regards,
Andy

danielley

Thanks for that. I just need to remember to allow for the new responsiveness and leave plenty of stopping distance in the meantime

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Strider590

danielley wrote: »

Does this sound normal, this 'bedding in time' or am I being fobbed off?

Firstly were they really needed? I hope you didn't go to one of the tyre/exhaust chains.

Brakes have to be bedded in, they won't be effective until the pads have imparted a thin layer of brake material onto the new discs, THIS is what creates the friction.

LeeSouthEast

danielley wrote: »

Thanks for that. I just need to remember to allow for the new responsiveness and leave plenty of stopping distance in the meantime

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Do this anyway! I hate people riding my back bumper.

Strider590

LeeSouthEast wrote: »

Do this anyway! I hate people riding my back bumper.

Maybe you should stop riding their front bumper?

:rotfl:

cyclonebri1

Bdenham (sp) gave you the correct advice. They feel worse before they feel better, all down to the disc and pads mateing together. As said give a little more time and space for a 100 miles, but if you need to plant it, hit the pedal harder , it will stop.

Hammyman

Saying that though, if you went for the budget option they will feel rubbish. I once bought some Halfords "own brand" brake pads for my Capri - £5 with their trade discount card. Stuck them in. A week later (300 miles) they were taken out and thrown away.

benham3160

Hammyman wrote: »

Saying that though, if you went for the budget option they will feel rubbish. I once bought some Halfords "own brand" brake pads for my Capri - £5 with their trade discount card. Stuck them in. A week later (300 miles) they were taken out and thrown away.

Fitted them on several occasions, they're actually Ferodo's underneath........ All E90 pads should feel relatively good, this is a just a new disc/pad combo and is feeling a bit "glassy".

I'd love to be as melodramatic about automotive matters are you are!

Regards,
Andy

cyclonebri1

benham3160 wrote: »

Fitted them on several occasions, they're actually Ferodo's underneath........ All E90 pads should feel relatively good, this is a just a new disc/pad combo and is feeling a bit "glassy".

I'd love to be as melodramatic about automotive matters are you are!

Regards,
Andy

So what you saying Dell???

Hammyman

benham3160 wrote: »

I'd love to be as melodramatic about automotive matters are you are!

Regards,
Andy

Maybe its because I don't drive like "Gordon McGyver, Sunday Driver" so I notice these things more