Baking disc brake pads/ making them perform better

whelieking27
whelieking27 Posts: 341
edited January 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
Hi, a quick one for you, what is the easiest way to make my pads perform better.
i have heard baking them makes them perform, if this is true how do i go about doing this?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    make sure they have not ben contaminated, if they have repalce them and cleen the rotors.
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  • whelieking27
    whelieking27 Posts: 341
    i have already done that, one of the first things i did. there is a lot left on the pads.
    if you're not crashing, you're not trying.
  • z000m
    z000m Posts: 544
    if they contain asbestos u cant cook them because its an explosive material
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  • whelieking27
    whelieking27 Posts: 341
    :shock: didn't think they coud even have it in them these days.
    thanks for the warning
    if you're not crashing, you're not trying.
  • whelieking27
    whelieking27 Posts: 341
    i think i will just do the sand paper method and try to remove the outer surface - its safer and easier. :lol:

    thanks for your help. :mrgreen:
    if you're not crashing, you're not trying.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    z000m wrote:
    if they contain asbestos u cant cook them because its an explosive material

    total crap.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    whelieking27 wrote:
    i think i will just do the sand paper method and try to remove the outer surface - its safer and easier. :lol:

    thanks for your help. :mrgreen:

    why? are the pads glazed? why are you trying to improve them what is the problem?

    the more you play with them the longer it takes to get the best out of them.

    Fit keep oil free and use. veery time you adjust the caliper or remove the pads they need to bed in again and untill that is done they will not be as good as they could.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • z000m
    z000m Posts: 544
    maybe i used the wrong words, asbestos isnt explosive as like tnt is. but if u put enough heat in it, it will explode, i have seen it happen on building sites.
    nicklouse wrote:
    z000m wrote:
    if they contain asbestos u cant cook them because its an explosive material

    total crap.
    New Build
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    z000m wrote:
    maybe i used the wrong words, asbestos isnt explosive as like tnt is. but if u put enough heat in it, it will explode, i have seen it happen on building sites.
    nicklouse wrote:
    z000m wrote:
    if they contain asbestos u cant cook them because its an explosive material

    total crap.

    If you have seen any on a building site recently then the contractor needs reporting.

    Wet sheet asbestos can "explode" if heated but all it is is the water terning to steam.

    And finally asbestos has not been used in brake pads for quite some time as it was banned due to it being a serious health risk.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • whelieking27
    whelieking27 Posts: 341
    tht's what i thought.

    the pads are'nt glazed, they have just dropped in performance. they were new on , about a week ago, i had bedded them in and they were perfect - i could stop imediately. now they just seem to slow me down gradualy (very slowly). will they come back if i heated them by riding?
    is this normal with some makes of pad? i have never known pads to do this, but these are a new manufacturer t me so the beding in period may differ from that of my normal supplier.
    if you're not crashing, you're not trying.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    they might just need a clean. I would just spay them and the disc down with some cycle disc brake cleaner.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • whelieking27
    whelieking27 Posts: 341
    will do , thanks.
    if you're not crashing, you're not trying.
  • jeffers696
    jeffers696 Posts: 328
    When you have been out on a ride, do you take the pads out and clean the housing type thing (don’t know the technical term), I have been doing this every time I clean my bike, I don’t touch the pads just remove all the crap. Is this the wrong way to clean them?
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