Brake pad dilemma

I acquired a commuter/touring frame set up for V brakes. I'm using 32c
tires, so need pretty good clearance between the pads to remove the wheels.
The problem I'm having is that the pads hit the seat stays and fork blades.
I cut the pads to get the needed clearance but ended up with screeching
brakes, presumably due to the imbalance of pad material on either side of
the pad post.

I've not seen or heard of any extenders to move the brake arms farther away
from the stay/blade, so what recommendations are there to be able to rotate
the arms farther away from the tire when the cable is detached?

TIA,
Carl

On May 26, 8:36*am, "Carl Sundquist" wrote:
I acquired a commuter/touring frame set up for V brakes. I'm using 32c
tires, so need pretty good clearance between the pads to remove the wheels..
The problem I'm having is that the pads hit the seat stays and fork blades..

This is normal when the noodle is released with a linear pull brake.
With your average hybrid that runs vees, you should easily be able to
remove a 35mm tire anyway. Sounds like you have tight frame clearances
or an unusually thick brake pad. What frame and which pad? If the pads
are pretty thick--something like a Kool-Stop thinline may solve your
problem.