Originally Posted by
RiddleOfSteel
....Simple solution to avoid tire rub and a non-matching brakeset: use an aggressive file to chamfer the tops of the pads. Done and done. I haven't died yet and no ill-effects or poorer braking has been noticed. These kinds of things are part of the process, as much as we'd like them not to be.
Agreed and if I was in a hurry to get this one on the road I'd have those pads up against my bench grinder. As it is though I doubt this one will be done before the snow starts to fall so I have time to look around a bit for some brakes or offset pad holders.
Originally Posted by
RiddleOfSteel
Thank you for sharing as we also pick up some tricks and perhaps more importantly are affirmed that behind a good or amazing BF member build are a few road blocks that must be circumnavigated.
I think to a great extent that should be part of the reason behind any build thread. Share the pain a bit, maybe find some answers together, and learn from it. On a motorcycle forum I'm on, pertaining to a relatively rare make of Italian bike (Laverdas, my other two wheeled passion) we have an ongoing thread dedicated to the ways we've all found to screw the pooch so to speak. Its all a way to blow off some frustration, and hopefully help others to not make the same mistakes.