08-01-16, 12:21 AM
Shouldn't really matter if there's a bit of movement back and forth, unless it's ridiculously loose.
When you brake the motion of the wheel and the obviously the friction of the pad will only be pulling the pad forwards, there's no way the pad will go backwards at all, the force will be way too much.
It's the pad pin that takes all the weight, and that's positioned in the middle so there's bound to be movement either way when the brakes aren't being applied.
I did try that pad spring mod, and all it does is push the pads forward and keeps them in that position at all times.
The thing i found though is firstly i now know it's not necessary at all, and more importantly it was a proper struggle getting the pad pin in, it was really hard work.
When you brake the motion of the wheel and the obviously the friction of the pad will only be pulling the pad forwards, there's no way the pad will go backwards at all, the force will be way too much.
It's the pad pin that takes all the weight, and that's positioned in the middle so there's bound to be movement either way when the brakes aren't being applied.
I did try that pad spring mod, and all it does is push the pads forward and keeps them in that position at all times.
The thing i found though is firstly i now know it's not necessary at all, and more importantly it was a proper struggle getting the pad pin in, it was really hard work.
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