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.