| Author | Message | ||
     Bikerat |
I am replacing the front pads on my S3T. The manual says to make sure the disk is centered on the carrier and that one can do this with 2 C-clamps. No pics. No further explanation. I can get the inner pad in quite easily, but lack the room to get the outer pad in. Not much, but some. A Ducati form talks of shimming the caliper-fork mounting interface. Sooo. . . what do I do? | ||
| Jramsey |
Most aftermarket pads are too thick, you can't shim the caliper out as its already against the leg,you will have to grind,sand,file the outer pad down. I do them in a milling machine. The disc issue you mention I believe is for the old style rotors with replaceable spools. | ||
| Bikerat |
Thanx, JR, for the reply. Makes perfect sense. On a related matter, when I could not get the outboard pad in, I half-assed measured with feeler gages the rotor to sidewall distance in the rotor slot in the caliper. 0.130" on the inboard side and zip on the other. If it were the other way around, 0.065" washers between the caliper mounting ears and the hanger would solve the problem. Given that I expect to run a Braking laser rotor from here on out, maybe I should mill off 0.065" from the hanger ears on the caliper. Figure it beats whittling on new pads. Any chance that the front wheel spacers could be different and account for the off center rotor-caliper area? Like the X-Files "Trust no one" or anything. Any thoughts? | ||
| Jramsey |
My X1 has never had pad fit issues, my S3T does for some reason, possibly manufacturing tolerance in the EBC rotor I installed. On the S3 even after milling .050 off both pads the outer still wouldn't fit so I faced .040 off the left side axle spacer and haven't noticed any difference in handling or tracking. | ||
| Bikerat |
Ahah!! I am not crazy. I am not experiencing a newly discovered problem. I think I'll seriously consider milling off the 0.060" or whatever off the caliper ears. But first I'll re-measure the caliper-disk dimensions and how close to centered the wheel is in the forks. Thanks again, Bikerat |
