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Anyone else find that if they buy the cheaper non branded pads (SS,EBC etc) pads the tolerances are sometimes too tight?
I have just fitted a set to my bike & even with the pistons fully retracted the pads rub terribly on the disc, there is no gap at all between the pads & the disc.
Nope.
Yep, all the time.
We use Fibrax, Clarks, EBC as well as brake manufacturers own & always find OEM fits better (no real suprise then)
Sometimes have to resort to sanding down new pads to get them to clear the rotors! Some seem to have more pad material than standard ones.
+1
Not just me then!
To do with less exacting manufacturing standards to produce cheaper then?
Yep here too. Also noticed they don't "bite" the same as the originals in my Elixirs (SSC tried)
cheaper and you get more? sounds like good VFM to me 😉Some seem to have more pad material than standard ones.
cheaper and you get more? sounds like good VFM to me
Not always. SS have way thicker backing plates....
I'm using BBB pads in my XT brakes. They fitted fine and work well too. Also used Ashima pads which were problem free too.