52 replies to this topic

[jaydee]

Thats a correct procedure, but you have to be carefull with point 1, discs have to be very hot to go for point 2, cause speeding up to 70 will cool down the discs, then hard deceleration can lead discs to warp. Never do a full stop in the second stage, or your brake will judder because of the pad deposit, that means you have to do this procedure on a track or in unused roads, absolutely dont try to bed in discs and pads in the traffic (its dangerous thoug!).

[Ethel]

New brake components have information in the packaging about bedding in, it usually amounts to "take it steady" for x number of miles. Heat treating steel is a complex subject, but rapid cooling generally makes it harder and more brittle and rapid heating will create a big temperature gradient across the component which could crack it by uneven expansion. I guess the point is to avoid sudden and heavy braking from cold.

[blacktulip]

im glad your ok mate.

i wouldnt go shouting down the phone as it doesnt get you anywhere. you need to explain the situation and im sure they will compensate you. after all there could be many factors as to why they failed, not just shoddy cheap items. im sure the product has been tested to the right standards and they have sold loads of them without failure.

i work in a customer service and i would want the end user (you) to allow me (the merchant) to look into it and talk to the manufacturer to get it sorted.

[mini_mad69]

I wasn't even going too bother, I bought them a good while ago, can't remember what make they were either. Just going too fit new ones. It seems I overheated them anyway. So can't realy complain if it's my fault.


Ben

[Asphalt]

Anything turned out here? Did you send them back and got an explanation? I'd be very interested in what caused them to fail that hard...

[mini_mad69]

Nope, just left it. They were cheap no name brakes, even so they shouldn't have done that.


Also, Jan, does my signature read correctly?

[Asphalt]

Ok Let's hope it doesn't happen again (to anybody).

Your signature; shall it read "Get in, sit down, shut up, hold on"?
I'd translate that more like: "Einsteigen, Hinnsetzen, still sein ("Maul halten" if you want to be rude ), festhalten"

Edited by Asphalt, 30 August 2009 - 11:50 AM.

[mini_mad69]

Yeah, I wouldn't wish that on anyone, so close to a very very big accident. Would have gone onto the kurb, rolled and gone into the roundabout upside down, which had massive boulders on it.


Thanks for that translation.