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Originally Posted by srt42
Well, I finally had a chance to try the bedding procedure again (I'm still fighting nausea) and with the 2 added runs from 80-10, I believe I got it. I have not heard a squeak in 2 days and it is music to the ears. Hopefully, it's gone forever!
It was not fun though. I got a wild hair up my butt, due to I'm sick of the squealing and decided to go to my selected piece of road to give this a try which is about 40 miles away. As I'm driving there (During rush hour), it starts raining. Not good. So I give it 2 attempts, tires spinning on the wet pavement and all and both were nixed due to halfway thru the procedure, traffic came up behind me. So, I finally say "screw it" and I drive towards home. I was not too happy that I went to all this effort and I was going home without my brakes bedded, so I decided to take one more try on a side road and if I was lucky, no traffic would get in the way. Well, on my first attempt, everything looked great and then some stinking truck pulls off a sideroad and comes up behind me which ruined that run. Man, am I getting pissed. So, I yank the car around and give it one more try going back towards the highway and I finally accomplished the task. It is not a small task finding the right place to do this procedure.
Thanks Dave for your wonderful insight and tips. I believe my problem is solved.
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I hope you're right, but I wouldn't hold my breath. If my assumption about the stock SRT8 pads is true, they've installed a rather agressive track pad in there. As such, it is abrasive when cold and will wear away that nice transfer layer you just put down in short order. It's not until a track pad gets up to 300 or 400 degrees that the adherent mode friction kicks in and you can sustain the transfer layer. Street pads are designed to run with a mix of abrasive and adherent friction right from the first stop. So you can bed in street pads and they will stay bedded in for a long time. Track pads will unbed themselves when driven "cold" on the street.
It's that very property that allows you to use track pads as a tool to remove unwanted rotor deposits. See:
http://www.zeckhausen.com/avoiding_brake_judder.htm
I'll keep my fingers crossed that you've solved the problem.
