So I installed my new Hawk HPS pads a week and some change ago, went thru all the brake-in procedures/time and now that they are i'm having problems getting them to really bite down. In addition to having a very mushy brake pedal feel, now this morning i noticed the left front side grinding ever so slightly when coming to a stop.



Any suggestions or thoughts?

I was thinking that i might need to bleed them, but have heard you dont need to bleed brakes if you do just a quick simple pad change.

 

Bleed em man, you can sometimes get air into the lines past the extended pistons. It can't hurt to bleed them every now and them either way, so its kind of a bonus if you look at the silver lining.