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fattima
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Brake pad taper

Postby fattima » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:05 pm

On my NA6 I'm noticed the outer pad is getting a taper to it, they taper to the out side of the rotor. I presume this could be some play in the caliper sliders or caliper flex (the sliders and greased don't bind). If it is play in the caliper is it possible to bush the caliper bracket so the slider runs straighter? Any suggestions?
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Postby Fatty » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:29 pm

same here. my last 2 sets of na6 pads did that. fastfreddy reckons it's normal but i dunno, it'd be interesting to see if there is a fix for it.
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Brake pad taper

Postby wun911 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:26 pm

Does it have anything to do with this??

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_knockback.shtml
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Brake pad taper

Postby Caffeine » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:20 pm

wun911 wrote:Does it have anything to do with this??

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_knockback.shtml


Floating calipers don't suffer from knockback...
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Brake pad taper

Postby emexv » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:03 pm

I just changed my NA6 brake pads and there was no taper on the pads (about half worn).
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