Carbotech pad issues

[12coBoss]

Has anyone seen carbotech pads do this? These are XP24's put on new stock rotors and I did follow the bedding procedure. This is only after 3 days, they work well, and the rotors look good. Just found this when I removed them today to put the street setup back on.

 

[VoodooBoss]

My Pagid's do that a bit too. I think they're fine but maybe other Carbotech users have a different opinion.

 

[06mach1]

I toasted a brand new set of XP24's in two sessions. They were similar to yours in appearance but they were worn about half way after the first 2 sessions. About half way thru the first session I could tell that something was wrong. Brake fade was terrible. The pads just crumbled into pieces. And yes, I have brake ducts. Figured I would try them once, went back to pagids.

 

[Grant 302]

I dont run them, but I would stop after seeing chunking and cracking like that.

 

[cloud9]

My Pagid's do that a bit too. I think they're fine but maybe other Carbotech users have a different opinion.

I've seen my Hawk DTC70s do that sometimes as well. It looks like they're wearing evenly and as long as you don't have chunks coming off (which I don't see from your photos) I think you're fine.

 

[F.D. Sako]

Had a set of XP24's crumble pretty badly recently. I experienced no fade or brake performance decrease on track. I even checked the pads, while in the calipers, after the last session and everything looked ok. However, after a couple of days later when i went to replace the pads with a new set, i noticed the edges were falling apart.

I didn't think too much of it, because the pads were worn down to the wear indicator notch.
I'll be keeping a close eye on my current set. Hope it's not a common characteristic, because I really dont feel like experimenting with new pads again!

 

[12coBoss]

I sent the pics to carbotech and this was his response, "That is all completely normal. I know they look terrible and it is unusual, but it is normal. The pads are fine, will work as well as they have been and will last a good while longer."

My XP 20's did not do this as these kind of crumbled in the middle. I'll see what they do next month after I run a couple more days.

 

[F.D. Sako]

Thanks for checking in with them!

I guess I won't have to worry too much now, but will still check them out after every session.