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Kgrev
I just reread your previous comment and realised our issues are probably different. Mine only occurs when the actuation arm is right at the extent of it's travel, something that wouldn't happen on the road as the pads would've long contacted the disc rotor.
I'm not stripping mine down anyway; I've opened an ebay return as three of the pad adjusters are rounded off.
Something else I've remembered; once when I stripped a set down previously, I got the cams mixed up. They're different and need to go together a certain way (which is obvious), but if you're rushing it's possible to get them mixed up. I remember this made the brakes feel weird, possibly as you describe. I noticed immediately and reassembled them properly. Perhaps who you bought them off has done this?