500 Strada front brakes.........

[TimClarke]

New pads and discs from Mdina fitted.

They all went in really easily and seem identical to the ones that they replaced.

Odd thing though.

There seems to be virtually no clearance between the discs and the edges of the caliper body on the sides where the pads are fixed (the inner sides) and I think the disc my be skimming the body of the caliper.

This can't be right surely?

What's odd is that i think that maybe this was happening with the old discs as all the wear and tear is on the inner sides of the disc with them.

I can't see anything wrong with the fitting but maybe there's a spacer missing somewhere?

Any ideas anyone?

Tim

[morini_tom]

On my k1 (same setup as the 500 essentially) I used shims betweeen the caliper and fork to ensure an even clearance each side of pad and disc. m10x16mm in thicknesses from 0.1 to 0.5mm are easily available.