Urgent Koolstop Brake Pads Question

[Sysagent]

Hi,

Just replacing the stock Shimano brake pads on my road bike with some Salmon Koolstops...

The brakes are Shimano 105's the type with the cartridge inserts, I have removed the brake pads and inserted the new Koolstops but something isn't quite right.

The raised lip thing (scraper) on the Koolstops is at the rear of the brake and not the front of the brake and I cant get the brakes setup (toed in) due to this lip causing theback of the shoe to be more raised than the front.

Is this normal, do I have to adjust the brakes to compensate for raised lip?

Or am I just complete stupid?

Oh and by the way I am off out to meet someone at 10:30 for a ride!

Cheers any help!

Russ

 

[Sysagent]

No matter I have sussed it, yeh the lip is meant to go there...

 

[Number14]

Enlighten us. What was the problem?


Mmmm .... the suspense is killing me ...

 

[threefingerjoe]

That lip at the back is a "squeegee", intended to wipe the water from the rim, aiding braking in the wet. Don't worry about toeing them in, unless you actually have a squeeling problem.

 

[canamrider]

Just replaced mine with the same. The back end does hit first but I think that's the way they are supposed to work. No squeal and they stop well.

 

[John the Monkey]

Salmon do wear pretty quick though - make sure you have a spare set on hand in the shed!

 

[Aperitif]

Or use the dual compound ones - they last marginally longer (except in Sheffield, or in this grinding-paste weather at the moment!)

 

[gazmercer]

I've got some Salmons to fit today, they've got to be better than the ones fitted on the bike when I got it.

 

[andrew_s]

The raised lip should set the toe-in for you, at least with new pads.
Set the pad so that the front end and the scraper bit at the back touch at the same time (where front/back are front/back of the bike, not of the pad as it notionally moves over the wheel).