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Postby D.J on Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:05 am

Hi There

I changed my front pads at the weekend, and now they don't feel as good as they did before i changed them. They seem to be ok when braking from speed, it's only when i'm traveling at around town speeds that they don't feel right.

I know they will take a bit of time to bed in properly, they just don't feel right.

Any suggestions? I didn't bleed them, which was going to be my next port of call....

BTW, its on a Puma, not that it should really make much difference, and Genuine Ford items used...

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Postby Burnage on Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:33 am

Probably just bedding in. I did mine a while back, felt awful when I first drove them. Bleeding will do no them no harm though.
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Postby Excursion on Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:42 am

As above, bedding in :)
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Postby Priezti on Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:55 pm

gental breaking for a good 200 mile to be safe and to bed the brakes in properly as well as not screw them up straight away :)
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Postby martyc on Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:13 am

mine felt awful when i first changed mine on my scort even with sports pads/drilled and grooved discs. and the emergency stop i had to do on the day of fitting had smoke comin off them :lol:
try changing your fluid too if its been a while,also did u ensure all the calipers were cleaned up free of corrosion/brake dust etc??
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Postby D.J on Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:32 am

Thanks for all the replies.

I had thought it was just a case of bedding them in.

Calipers were all nice and clean when the new pads were put in.

Thinking about bleeding them over the weekend, does ABS make any difference when it comes to bleeding them?
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