Does any pad manufacturer actually make the springs well enough not to need bending in order to do their job properly?
Just wondering, like 😉

never had a problem with avid ones

Never had to bend them to install new ones myself? I use SS Kevlar and they are just as good as the Avid ones IME.

I agree with you Gary, they’re always p*sh imo! SS ones can be bad enough that they don’t even slot into the caliber without sorting them

Never had a problem with genuine Avid ones, SS or discobrakes pads.

Had a set of fibrax pads that wouldn’t fit into the calliper because the backing was to big though!

nup never had to bend them.

I’ll take the comments so far (other than yours Mark) with a pinch of salt. Avid, Goodridge and Superstar are the only ones I’ve fitted in tha last year or so and all need a little bending to fit nicely. had fibrax and Avids years ago and don’t remember having to.
I have 4x brand new sets of SS sintered here and none of them fit the pads nicely.
it’s not a big deal, just a slight PITA