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Old December 2nd, 2017, 08:09 AM   #137
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Originally Posted by psych0hans View Post
but the pads just don’t grip well enough.
Do yourself a little sanity check before buying new pads.

Pull the pads out. Lightly sand the face that contacts the rotor until fresh surface is visible on the whole face. Clean the rotor with brake cleaner. Lightly sand the rotor with a cross-hatch pattern until it's not shiny anymore. Then put the pads in and go through the process of bedding them in again.

May as well clean and grease the caliper slide pins while you're in there.

It may help, it may not. But it's free.
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