[Fot] Brake pads don't fit

[Bill Tobin]

Bill, I use a surface grinder with a magnetic chuck to true mine. However if 
you don't happen to have a surface grinder...........
That drill press trick works well.
Cheers, Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Babcock" <ponobill at gmail.com>
To: "davehogye" <dlhogye at comcast.net>
Cc: <Fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Brake pads don't fit


> Sure, it's a common problem with aftermarket calipers. You can shim the
> calipers to center them, or shave the pads. Easiest way to shave pads it 
> to
> put a flat metal plate on a drill press and chuck a cup grinding wheel in 
> the
> drill. Slide the pad around under the cup to remove layers. wear a 
> respirator.
>
> Mr. Kastner told me about this many years ago as a way to eliminate taper 
> from
> a worn or glazed disk. Works great.
> On May 23, 2013, at 9:32 AM, davehogye <dlhogye at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello friends,
>> I've been driving my TR3 on the street with Hawk blue pads and have put 
>> over
> 500 miles on them now. They make a mess of dust all over and they've been
> squealing like crazy driving around town between stops sometimes. I 
> ordered a
> set of performance street pads from Moss and the outside pad will not fit 
> in
> the caliper. It's obvious that the rotor is not centered in the caliper, 
> but
> the Hawk pads went in no problem, so I hadn't noticed the offset until 
> trying
> to fit other pads. I got another set of street pads, thinking the Moss 
> pads
> where fat and same problem.
>> I have TR3 uprights, TR4A-TR6 caliper carriers and new, not 
>> remanufactured,
> calipers from BPNorthwest and new aluminum hubs. I called BPN thinking the
> caliper might be the problem and they have had no other calls on this. 
> Perhaps
> the hub dimensions are off. I guess I'll have to shave the outside pads to 
> fit
> them, but has anyone else come across this issue. I'll be measuring things 
> and
> hopefully find out what's going on, but it looks like at least .050" will 
> have
> to come off the pad.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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