Help! New brakes don't fit

[grogee]

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Removed the spherical washers and it's bang on at the rear, but still a few mm off at the front. Possibly close enough for jazz, we'll see. I'll order a 180mm Shimano post mount adaptor and see how I get on with that. It's easier to add distance from hub to caliper than take it away, if that makes sense.

 

[BertR00t]

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Do you have an adapter for a 183 on the front instead of one for a 180? Could explain the slight difference.

 

[grogee]

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The front adaptor is actually stamped with 185 which is probably where the issue is, however I'm a bit confused as I thought discs were standard diameters (160, 180, 200 etc). Could be Avid being gits again I suppose - I really hate their brakes and will never buy their stuff again :evil:

 

[mattr]

Nah. There are shed loads of slightly off standard diameters, metric, imperial, metric rounding of imperial sizes and just bloody awkward ones, not to mention about 5 different "standard" brake track widths..........

I prefer to actually buy the stuff brand new in packet (discs and adaptors) so I know exactly what I'm getting.

Still just been caught out by an avid/shimano mismatch!