Answered Compensating for Pad Wear

[Doomanic]

I have Shimano M615 disk brakes and due to the grinding paste I've been riding in I need to adjust the brakes to compensate for pad wear. What do I need to do?

 

[Tmacca]

have you tried taking off the callipers, take out pads and squeeze the levers to pop out the cylinders a few times, stick something in the callipers to stop them going out all the way. Then push back flush and pop bake in pads. good to go.

 

[eFat]

First thing I would try is to hold the brake levers squeezed overnight with a tie. It should help the pistons to move a little from the seals.

 

[ccrdave]

the brakes are self adjusting , as the pads wear the pistons move out to compensate. if they are stuck a good spraying with brake cleaner might help

 

[Doomanic]

The bike has covered 140 hard muddy miles and the levers go back to the bars. I’ve adjusted the lever reach to compensate for it for now. I have some Uberbike sintered pads to fit when time allows, hopefully they’ll last a bit longer.

The lack of simple pad wear compensation is very poor IMHO, my Hope Monoblocks from the late ‘90’s have it ffs.

 

[ccrdave]

are they deffo 615 and not m6000? I have had warranty problems with m8000 m7000 and m6000 lever pulls to the bar and wont return properly. two sets on my bike and one set on my wifes all replaced under warranty

 

[Doomanic]

Spec sheet says 615. I’m a couple of thousand miles away the bike so I can’t check.

 

[ccrdave]

bike radar review of the 615,s they say pad scuffing is a problem
Shimano Deore M615 MTB disc brakes review

 

[Kernow]

are they deffo 615 and not m6000? I have had warranty problems with m8000 m7000 and m6000 lever pulls to the bar and wont return properly. two sets on my bike and one set on my wifes all replaced under warranty

Had the same 3 sets under warranty so far on 2 different bikes , I hear it’s a bit of a problem on other makes too . Have to save for some Hopes eh ?

 

[Eckythump]

Now you are talking?