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Tubeless rim to brake caliper gap
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Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:43 amby drivera
Just fitted SIP tubeless rims to a scootRS outboard disc brake set up and the gap between the top of the Nissin caliper and the rim is around 1mm , is that acceptable or a tad too small ?
Re: Tubeless rim to brake caliper gap
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Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:14 pmby missing lynx
Have you checked the gap on full rotation ie is it 1 mm all the way round or does it change? You can space the disk and calliper with a wash under each fixing point but as long as the gap is constant it shouldn't be a problem
Re: Tubeless rim to brake caliper gap
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Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:30 amby Dazts1
I’ve filed away the rear of the Caliper before. There’s plenty of aluminium , I opened it up with a round file to around 5mm to the profile of the rim. The reason I did this was the rims I where trying at the time weren’t perfectly round. It was around 10 year ago. I’ve sold that scooter a while back and the front brake is still fine. Just another option.
Re: Tubeless rim to brake caliper gap
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Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:48 pmby drivera
Ta for replies , the rim wavers a tad on full rotation but I reckon 1mm is the minimum gap so I might file away a bit to increase it slightly