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New disk pads glazing during bed-in procedure

Bicycles Asked by ymonb1291 on May 20, 2021

My bike is equipped with Sram Force Etap AXS and I’ve been using some BBB pads for quite a while. My bike shop recommended these, stating that they were compatible (and yes, they worked pretty well).

Now I need to change my pads. I’ve had some spares from the Swiss Stop brand for a while. I understand that this brand is quite good. Earlier this year, I purchased the model Disc 26 E because it’s for Avid Elixir/Sram XX (same as my BBB pads). But since the purchase, they have released the Disc 35 E which are designed specifically for my brakes and I intend to purchase these in the future.

I’ve been trying to set-up the Swiss Stop Disc 26 E for a couple days now. But I have some noise problems which I didn’t have with the BBB pads.
I set up the pads while being careful not to contaminate them, and I cleaned the discs using isopropanol. After following the bed-in procedure from sram (brake 20x from 15-20 km/h to walking speed, then brake 10x from 30km/h to walking speed), I noticed that the brakes were squeaking a lot.

After unmounting the pads, I saw this:
noisy brake pads
The scratch in the middle appears to be glazing because it’s very shiny. I’m a bit surprised because I’ve heated my BBB pads a lot more and didn’t observe any glazing.
I then sanded the pads to recover their original green-ish color.
Sanded pads

I tried new bed-in procedures/sanding several times with the same results.

Does anyone has ever observed anything like that? Any tip how to fix this?

Thanks a lot!

2 Answers

This is something that can happen with new brake pads when they are getting too hot before being bedded in properly. You should be good to go after cleaning the disks again and with the sanded pads. You just have to bed them in again, this time maybe a little more careful.

I had experienced this by myself a few times and this method always worked for me perfectly. The performance was the same compared to pads that didn't need a second try.

Edit: Bed in one brake at a time as mentioned by Jeff. It's easier to modulate the breaking power if only using one brake. Using both while bedding in would result in unequal results between front and rear because of the weight distribution.

Correct answer by Max on May 20, 2021

Wet the pads and rub the two friction surfaces together using a circular motion. This will get the pads most of the way to being fully bedded in. Finish off the job with a few rapid deccelerations without completely stopping the wheel.

Answered by user52201 on May 20, 2021

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