Soft pedal after brake change

[L4OMEO]

Hi everyone

With some better-qualified assistance I changed my front rotors and pads (Ferodo DS Performance) & installed a set of Goodridge braided lines in the weekend. It only served to remind me yet again how much I f*#ken hate working on cars but I digress. Anyway, after bleeding them up I had a nice and hard pedal so took the car out to bed everything in around the nearest industrial estate. I cycled through maybe 6-8 hard-ish stops, let everything cool then repeated. Through the process the pedal feel and travel (and actual stopping power) went through various stages of change, and once I was comfortable I could still stop & that the fluid level had not dropped I went home to drown my sorrows over what a useless mechanic I am in light of what everyone else here seems to be able to achieve.

So, I haven't driven the car any distance since but manoeuvring in the driveway a day later it's clear the pedal still has a very long travel. Is this normal? Can I expect this to come back up with further use? I'm inclined to have a real-live mechanic re-check the work and re-bleed if necessary, but if this is likely to correct itself after a few days use then I might hold off.

Thanks for any feedback.
Cheers
Rory

[Ray Pignataro]

Not uncommon to have a soft pedal after new pads may take a couple hundred ks to come back.Ps even those of us that can, still hate working on our cars

[L4OMEO]

Cheers Ray, will see how it goes over the next few days.

And glad to hear I'm not alone in my frustrations