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    Is normal that the brake pad doesn’t go straight? I have to made too much pressure on the lever to make it brake! 🥺

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    1. sleazepleeze on

      Your brake is not aligned properly. On your caliper with one moving pad and one fixed pad, you want the rotor very close to the fixed pad. This way when the moving pad contacts the rotor, it doesn’t have to flex so much to hit both pads at once.

    2. ernieball2221 on

      Mechanical brakes have a fixed pad as already mentioned, you need to move the fixed pad so it’s just not touching the disc. I used to use a cigarette paper as a feeler gauge, but I’m sure there is something more healthy you can use these days

    3. hashpot666 on

      You will need to adjust the caliper, loosen its screws and you can do that. I had to be very slow and deliberate tightening the screws again once I found the correct alignment. Here’s a Park Tool video about mechanical disc brake alignment.

      [https://youtu.be/NmqGeLNcVIg?si=AopvuXDagfq4OaCb](https://youtu.be/NmqGeLNcVIg?si=AopvuXDagfq4OaCb)

    4. Fuck_your_faith_666 on

      Some mechanical disc brake companies like TRP and avid suggest adjusting the fixed pad as much as you can, and leaving the lever with no preload.

    5. Vast_Web5931 on

      Looks like the fixed pad (inner) isn’t parallel to the rotor. I recommend removing both pads and checking both pistons for foreign material that might cause the brake pads to seat improperly. Sometimes these brake pads are held in place magnetically debris can stick to the pistons.

      There are several possible causes of your problem.

    6. Repulsive_Fox9018 on

      That’s a fact of life with a mechanical caliper; there’s no mechanism to also apply pressure to the other side.

      Hydraulic calipers apply pressure to pistons on both sides, as do “hybrid” calipers (mechanical to the caliper, but the caliper has its own master hydraulic cylinder).

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