Answered Which disk pads for Shimano BR-M520 brakes as I can't find any!

[Andy A]

Hi guys I have the Shimano BR-M520 brakes on my new Jam2 but I need to buy some sintered pads for them as the normal ones aren't very good but I can't find any matching the BR-M420 calipers so can I use anything in that 5 series as I just don't know what to buy?

Thanks

 

[highpeakrider]

Are these the deore finned pads?
These?
Shimano J02A as J03A Ice Tech Resin MTB/BIKE Disc Brake Pads - With Cooling Fins 696537958985 | eBay

 

[Andy A]

Are these the deore finned pads?

Crikey I have no idea they are the brakes that came as standard on my new Jam2 and they fadie and I just don't feel good about them, it says they are "Shimano BR-M520, 200 mm / 200 mm"

I have seen pads on chainreaction that are in the 5 series such as M525 etc but not M520 I wondered if I can use any from the 5 series!

 

[Doomanic]

Uberbike Shimano MT-520 4 Piston Race-Matrix Disc Brake Pads

 

[Andy A]

Uberbike Shimano MT-520 4 Piston Race-Matrix Disc Brake Pads

Thanks but mine are the Shimano BR-M520, 200 mm / 200 mm not the MT-520 or are they the same?

 

[Doomanic]

I suspect they are the same.

 

[khorn]

Thanks but mine are the Shimano BR-M520, 200 mm / 200 mm not the MT-520 or are they the same?

Same brake pads as Zee and Saints, they are all over the Internet.


Karsten

 

[highpeakrider]

Crikey I have no idea they are the brakes that came as standard on my new Jam2 and they fadie and I just don't feel good about them, it says they are "Shimano BR-M520, 200 mm / 200 mm"

I have seen pads on chainreaction that are in the 5 series such as M525 etc but not M520 I wondered if I can use any from the 5 series!

I’ve just done the British thing and changed mine out for Hope E4, basic shimino were ok but a bit scary on big downhills.

 

[Doomanic]

I've just fitted 520 4-pots to replace the 615 2-pots and they are a revelation in comparison; more power than I need and no fade on the stock pads so far. I will be fitting sintered eventually though as I liked what they did to the feel of my 2-pots.

 

[steve_sordy]

Thanks but mine are the Shimano BR-M520, 200 mm / 200 mm not the MT-520 or are they the same?

Remove a pair and compare them to the photo on the Uberbike website. As long as the hole for the retaining pin is in the correct place and the proportions look the same, you'll be fine. It is what I'll be doing tomorrow.
Thanks @Doomanic

 

[Andy A]

I've just fitted 520 4-pots to replace the 615 2-pots and they are a revelation in comparison; more power than I need and no fade on the stock pads so far. I will be fitting sintered eventually though as I liked what they did to the feel of my 2-pots.

Thanks for that I will take a pad out and check

 

[Andy A]

Uberbike Shimano MT-520 4 Piston Race-Matrix Disc Brake Pads

Hi mate I just removed the front pads and they do look like these you have linked there, I am after sintered so are these good pads as they seem to be the right sort of thing but hey what do I know

 

[Doomanic]

They also do sintered.
Uberbike Shimano MT-520 4 Piston Sintered Disc Brake Pads

 

[Andy A]

They also do sintered.
Uberbike Shimano MT-520 4 Piston Sintered Disc Brake Pads

Wow thanks so much for the help I have just ordered some

 

[BowenTheSheep]

The M520 uses the same pads as the older model Saint/Zee pads, the D01S if you want organic, D02S if you want sintered.

So any non-finned pads that are compatible with the Saint BR-M820, BR-M810, or Zee BR-M620 are compatible with the Deore BR-MT520

 

[eMullet]

5 seconds in Google:

 

[Gary]

3 years late is better than never I suppose