changing brake pad 'cages' ??

NC wrote:

>> Duncan? Was this Jamie and co?
>
> Yep - Jamie was out for the day.

Well, he is the boss.....

>> You mean parallel with the rotation of the wheel, or radially? I have to
>> say, if it was radial, my gut reaction would be that there was no need to
>> change the calipers, but if it was *that* Duncan then it's not likley.
>
> Radially. Didn't change the calipers - just shimmed one and packed the
> other with greese.

I rest my case

>> If it was along the axis of rotation, I'd *love* to compare them to a new
>> set and see what the difference is.
>>
>> I may have to ask him next time I'm up there.
>
> Sure he'l remember - only time he's seen it.
> Top guy - spent loads of time showing me the insids of the arches -
> bushes etc etc.

He is a star, indeed.

> Compared the old with some new pads - there was movement in them too.
> Very strange as that suggests the calipers are out...

But they're made from bloody great lumps of metal........ Very intriguing
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