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Bell1st
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 Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject: Cheap Flea-bay brake pads |
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I've been doing winter maintenance on Franken-bike and ordered new brake pads from Exterme Shop on flea-bay. The parts arrived quickly and looked right, then sat on my shelf until I tried to install them yesterday. They don't fit. They are too wide to fit in the caliper. The spec says 55.7 mm in width by 55 mm in height. These are aprox 58 mm by 54.1 mm. I've attacked them with my grinder, but am very reluctant to install them. Last thing I need is a stuck brake. The old pads will go back in for now. Who uses what for brake pads (other than OEM)? Any one else installed these after the using the grinder? Thanks in advance.
Larry
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'93 K1100RS "Franken Bike" ('90 K100 4V engine in a '93 frame) sold
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Jim
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:25 pm Post subject: cheap pads - or good ones that fit... |
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http://www.spieglerusa.com/cfm/padintro.cfm
I've never bought any that had to be ground. I didn't buy cheap ones on ebay, but the ones I bought fit.
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veesquared
Joined: 28 Jan 2010
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Location: Massachusetts
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:56 am Post subject: Brake pads |
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What you have is front pads for a 2vale K75 or K100. They look very similar except for the width .
Unless you have them square they could hang up on the caliper. maybe causing the rotor to overheat. |
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