Old 04-12-23 | 04:30 AM
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cobba
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Originally Posted by digger
It is difficult to get a photo, but if you look at the bottom of the pads in the photo you reposted, you can see the bottom of those pads are level
The inner edge of the rotor isn't a good way to check for alignment.

Shimano makes two types of rotors (narrow and wide) and two types of pads (narrow and wide), they don't recommend using wide type pads on narrow 2 piece rotors, the pads used in the Spyre/Spyke brakes are exactly the same as Shimano wide type pads, the rotor you're using looks to be a Shimano narrow 2 piece like the RT76 / RT81 / RT86 / RT-EM800.

I've seen a few photos of wide pad use on narrow rotors, the pads were overhanging the inner edge of the rotor and wearing on the arms of the rotor.

What you can see from the outside looking in, mightn't show the full story, after a bit of use I'd remove the pads from the caliper to see if there's any unusual wear on them.




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