jamesmartin
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discs will be shiny and obviously working
Britpart or something similar?
Lots of dodgy parts companies about now making stuff. We bought a water pump for a transit the other week the shaft was so bent the pulley couldn’t turn, luckily we hadn’t gone to the trouble of fitting it
dag019
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Those pads do not look to be the same, unless it is just the angle. The one nearest to the camera looks to be a slightly different shape and wider than the one at the rear but that might just be perspective.
Before blaming the calipers (although could well be them) I have had the same problem with genuine brake pads into genuine (original lockheed) calipers but not consistently. A quick file of the new pad solves the problem but I think quality control is just not what it used to be and the pads are just all slightly different sizes. Makes things very annoying.
dag019
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If that is the case it probably is a poor casting on the caliper then. Looks like you options now are remove it all and return, carefully file/sand/reshape the caliper, or just accept that every time you swap the brake pads one of them will need to be filed down to fit. None of which are great options but unfortunately I am finding more and more parts need this before they will work. Nothing fits straight out of the box anymore!
jamesmartin
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send it back and get a replacement
I think that's what I'll do, and I'll ask them to check the pads fit both sides before sending anything else back out.
TorsionBhudda
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I fitted the same kit when doing my rebuild and had a similar problem with the pads not fitting I gave them a file on each side and job was a good one.
jamesmartin
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often i find pad sets a tad big a need a slight file but thats all and on both calipers , youve got to start with matched calipers it seems one of yours is poorly sized
