Originally Posted by
Cooter
Sanding brake disks is a terrible idea (unless you are getting pulsing from an improper bedding procedure). Sanding them un-does what they NEED, which is some pad material transferred to the rotor surface. That will make them last and be effective for the life of the pads.
Overheating the brakes, especially when they are new during the bedding process will almost guarantee pulsing, ineffective material transfer, and usually noise as a by product of them not working well.
Bedding the pads is mandatory for proper brake performance, but bedding them "ferociously" will cause issues immediately. There should never be enough heat to make them smoke, do not stop during the process, let them cool completely afterwards.
I don't work there or anything, but I have never had a problem with EBC pads. Including noise. If the noise comes back, remove the caliper and clean all the old brake dust off it around the pad mounting area, very, very, well. Do that right and 99% of the time it will fix noise issues.