Ford CD4 Auto Brake Pad
The automatic-transmission width of the same CD4 brake pad — the two share a compound and a finish, and differ only in the width of the plate.
Specification
| Part family | Overmoulded finisher plate |
|---|---|
| Construction | Metal face with moulded rubber inserts |
| Face detail | Curved black-and-stainless face on the wider automatic brake outline. |
| Face finish options | Brushed aluminium, sand blasted stainless steel or polished stainless steel |
| Face marking | Laser etching available on steel components |
| Insert compounds | EPDM, SBR, TPE or TPE-SEBS, to drawing |
| Tooling | Designed and built in house |
| Prototype parts | 4 weeks from prototype tool |
| PPAP | Typically 8 weeks, to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA |
| Dimensions | Built to customer drawing or to a supplied sample |
| Moulded from | Beijing rubber plant (rubber) / Shanghai plant (plastics) |
The face on this part
Curved black-and-stainless face on the wider automatic brake outline. It sits in the Ford Sport Pads group, and the photograph above is of the part itself rather than a rendering — what you see is the tread, the outline and the finish as they leave the tool.
Tooling, and who owns the timing
All tooling is designed and made in house, in the same buildings as the moulding lines in Shanghai and Beijing. That is why parts from a prototype tool take 4 weeks rather than the eight to ten a subcontracted tool would need.
Moving from sample to approved part
Prototype parts prove the shape. PPAP proves the process — that a production tool on a production line makes parts that match the drawing repeatably. We run PPAP to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA, typically over 8 weeks.
What we need to quote it
A drawing in SolidWorks, Pro-E or UG — a STEP export is fine — or the physical sample, which we will measure and model for your approval. Annual volume and the required PPAP standard complete the picture.
Other parts in Ford Sport Pads
Background reading
Sport Pad or Rubber Pad? The Difference That Decides Your Tooling Cost
A sport pad has a metal face; a rubber pad does not. That single difference drives tooling count, unit price and how the part is validated.
Overmoulding vs Press Fit: Two Ways to Get Rubber Onto a Finisher Plate
Both produce a metal-faced pedal pad. They differ in tooling, in retention and in how easily the part can be pulled apart.
Brushed, Sand Blasted or Polished: Picking a Pedal Face Finish
The three finishes buyers actually ask for, what each one hides, and why a finish change is not a tooling change.
Questions buyers ask
Can I have this face in aluminium instead of stainless?
Yes — brushed aluminium is one of the three finishes buyers most often ask for, alongside sand blasted and polished stainless. The blank changes; the rubber tool does not.
How long before I see a real Ford CD4 Auto Brake Pad sample?
Samples follow the prototype tool by 4 weeks. If the part is already tooled here, as most parts in this catalogue are, existing samples can go out far sooner.
What do you need from us to quote it?
The part, the annual volume, and the service conditions it sees. Compound and hardness we can propose; volume and duty we cannot guess.
How is the material verified?
Tensile strength and elongation to fracture catch under-cure; oil resistance catches EPDM specified where NBR was needed. All of it runs in the Beijing facility next to the line.
Quote the Ford CD4 Auto Brake Pad
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.