'01 Front brake pad replacement, too thick?

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Originally Posted by Shawnski451

I'm currently dealing with this same situation. I bought Volar pads from Amazon and they were too tight. I tried to ride the bike to break them but they started to get hot. Luckily, I brought some tools and the old pads with me and swapped them in a parking lot. I'm going to mic the new pads up and see what I got. Thanks for the input.

Let me know if you need any advice. It's pretty easy to sand them down but the utmost effort should be put into them being sanded evenly. I found that pressing the pad onto the sandpaper on their center of mass somehow didn't sand it evenly.