Re: Poorly acting disk brakes

On 5/9/2025 10:06 AM, cyclintom wrote:

Andrew, I was wrong and you were correct to a certain extent. Talking to Chris Robinson yesterday he told me that the calipers on my brakes had been recalled by Shimano and that was the problem. He is taking care of it. He said that he has a French tool for refacing the flats which is difficult to come by. He was too busy to question but I assume it is VAR. He said that neither Shimano or Park tools put the flats in the same plane but the French tool does.
 He said that he will have the components in next week and the brakes working shortly thereafter.
 The seat post components that I ordered Wednesday are coming in today and the same saddle that I have on the DeRosa Merak which seems to perfectly fit my sit bones is due next week. This one will have steek rails rather than carbon fiber so the Time seatpost will work better.
 Except for the BMC everything else is up for sale though thee is always the chance that I may keep the Basso Loto just for old time's sake.

Hmmmmm.
What is the Shimano part number on that? Something like BR-R8170.  I can't find any notice of any hydraulic caliper recall by Shimano.
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