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Brake pads
- Thread starter Ches7
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Ok the pads are on. Thanks for all the advice, 3 out of 4 pads were cracked in the middle (example picture attached).
Sensor wire was not severed but looked melted. Shorted the leads with some quick solder job, shrink wrapped and install back on to the socket. No more annoying check pads warning.
Cleaned up all contact surfaces and slightly lubed with high temperature ceramic grease.
Went for a quick spin and first impression was too much pedal pressure needed for adequate brake force to be generated. Once i got some heat into them like 6-7 brakes from 70 to 20 and they started biting much better. Abs kicks in much easier with these pads.
One pleasant surprise, absolutely zero squealing. I was expecting them to squeal from what i read but absolutely none what so ever. I'm wondering if rhd japan painted turquoise over some standard pads and sell them as pmu =) that quite.
One snag though, through the end of my drive, i was doing the braking and accelerating back to back to make sure all is fine and there was a sharp metallic clank under braking from front left, like something metal under heavy load snapped. Felt it through the steering wheel. Was scary. Did another round of inspection and all seems fine. Retainer springs are in place, bolts are in place, nothing broken that i could see. I thought maybe I didn't seat one of the retainer plates properly and it snapped back in place. Guess i will never know. Did some more testing and call it a day.
Sensor wire was not severed but looked melted. Shorted the leads with some quick solder job, shrink wrapped and install back on to the socket. No more annoying check pads warning.
Cleaned up all contact surfaces and slightly lubed with high temperature ceramic grease.
Went for a quick spin and first impression was too much pedal pressure needed for adequate brake force to be generated. Once i got some heat into them like 6-7 brakes from 70 to 20 and they started biting much better. Abs kicks in much easier with these pads.
One pleasant surprise, absolutely zero squealing. I was expecting them to squeal from what i read but absolutely none what so ever. I'm wondering if rhd japan painted turquoise over some standard pads and sell them as pmu =) that quite.
One snag though, through the end of my drive, i was doing the braking and accelerating back to back to make sure all is fine and there was a sharp metallic clank under braking from front left, like something metal under heavy load snapped. Felt it through the steering wheel. Was scary. Did another round of inspection and all seems fine. Retainer springs are in place, bolts are in place, nothing broken that i could see. I thought maybe I didn't seat one of the retainer plates properly and it snapped back in place. Guess i will never know. Did some more testing and call it a day.
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Just received a response from pmu to my question regarding the pad return springs and recommended bed-in procedure for hc+ compound. Below is their response in its entirety in case anyone needs it.
"Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing our products and for your the email.
Regarding the pad return springs, this part number doesn’t have the holes for them.
It is acceptable to install these brake pads without the springs. In fact, we generally recommend no springs for the high-performance pads.
The high performance pads could be running at high temperature, which may cause the springs to fall out and causes issues.
Bedding in can be done simply through normal driving.
The brake pads have already been heat treated. Please do not drag the brakes or attempt to burnish them.
You can run the pads for at least 100km under normal driving conditions.
Thank you again for choosing out products.
Regards,
Project Mu"
"Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing our products and for your the email.
Regarding the pad return springs, this part number doesn’t have the holes for them.
It is acceptable to install these brake pads without the springs. In fact, we generally recommend no springs for the high-performance pads.
The high performance pads could be running at high temperature, which may cause the springs to fall out and causes issues.
Bedding in can be done simply through normal driving.
The brake pads have already been heat treated. Please do not drag the brakes or attempt to burnish them.
You can run the pads for at least 100km under normal driving conditions.
Thank you again for choosing out products.
Regards,
Project Mu"