Bodhbh
Guru
Possibly silly question, hope so, and therefore has a simple answer...
Got around to some well overdue maintanance last night, which included changing the rear disc brake pads on my MTB (old rockhopper with Shimano Deore M525 hydraulic brakes, bought the standard Shimano M525/M475 pads). Only 2nd time I've done it, bit fiddly, but get the pads in. Only problem they're about as thicks as 2 doorsteps compared to the previous, worn old pads and once installed between the pistons impossible to fit the disc back between them, in fact there's no dead space there period. I did not compress the lever while the wheel was out - so, question is any trick to open up the pads a little?
(changed the front pads not so long ago, and while they might have required opening a bit with by twisting a screwdriver between the pad mount, and a bit of a inital disc rubbing there certainly was some space there).
Other question: to sidestep the issue (was like 1am at this point and off on the bike for the weekend after straight work today) I swapped the rear brakes for a pair off another bike - they work, although very spongy and seem poorly aligned, ie one pad fair distance from disc, other rubbing. This a question of 'bedding' or really need to get some shims to fix the calipers in the right spot.
Got around to some well overdue maintanance last night, which included changing the rear disc brake pads on my MTB (old rockhopper with Shimano Deore M525 hydraulic brakes, bought the standard Shimano M525/M475 pads). Only 2nd time I've done it, bit fiddly, but get the pads in. Only problem they're about as thicks as 2 doorsteps compared to the previous, worn old pads and once installed between the pistons impossible to fit the disc back between them, in fact there's no dead space there period. I did not compress the lever while the wheel was out - so, question is any trick to open up the pads a little?
(changed the front pads not so long ago, and while they might have required opening a bit with by twisting a screwdriver between the pad mount, and a bit of a inital disc rubbing there certainly was some space there).
Other question: to sidestep the issue (was like 1am at this point and off on the bike for the weekend after straight work today) I swapped the rear brakes for a pair off another bike - they work, although very spongy and seem poorly aligned, ie one pad fair distance from disc, other rubbing. This a question of 'bedding' or really need to get some shims to fix the calipers in the right spot.
