Originally Posted by
Kontact
The left pad is at the top of the adjustment slot and 90 degrees to the arm. The right pad is much lower, but angled up at least 30 degrees above perpendicular.
I don't see how you can tell anything about the wheel or the brakes with the pads so wonky. Raise and straighten the right pad.
that first photo was just to show the tire orientation. I had just reinstalled the caliper arms to make sure the spring pins were in the same hole (which they weren't but that didn't change anything either) and so I had to remove the pads to fiddle with the arms. I took that photo before I had correct repositioned the pads.
BUT you are right. looking at things again just now, with the pads correctly installed and positioned on the brake tracks one pad (LH) is at the top of the slot while the other (RH) is much lower down.
I confirmed that the axles are firmly seated in the dropouts Left and Right
Last night I checked the two sets of wheels I tried and they seemed both dished correctly
Now I am completely confused.
could the dropouts be at different heights? so the wheel, when installed would be akimbo/off center?
RH pad correctly positioned on the brake track
but RH pad is low in the slot.
RH axle fully seated.
LH pad correctly positioned on the brake track
LH pad positioned HIGH in the slot
LH axle fully seated