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Really old bike, new v-brakes too far apart
They're so far apart that the springs that separate pads from wheel can't do
their job. Adjustment screws are maxed out. Utility/errand bike - no big thing....but if there's an easy solution.... http://tinyurl.com/5yzxr -- PeteCresswell |
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(Pete Cresswell) wrote: They're so far apart that the springs that separate pads from wheel can't do their job. Adjustment screws are maxed out. Utility/errand bike - no big thing....but if there's an easy solution.... http://tinyurl.com/5yzxr Did you remove the springs from their holding pin on the brake arm and bend them farther apart by hand? |
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Add a few brake spacers and make sure your using V brake
levers. You do the job or your LBS? |
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(Pete Cresswell) wrote:
They're so far apart that the springs that separate pads from wheel can't do their job. Adjustment screws are maxed out. Utility/errand bike - no big thing....but if there's an easy solution.... http://tinyurl.com/5yzxr Take a look at the brake post. There are usually three little holes that the end of the return spring sits in. This allows the arms to be set at varying distances apart, usually to account for wide or narrow rims. I suspect that might be the problem. That's what it looks like to me on the picture anyway. Try shifting them to the next closer hole. You will have to re-adjust the shoe alignment and cable pull. Tom |
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Per tcmedara:
There are usually three little holes that the end of the return spring sits in. Not on this antique. I guess bending the springs is the only remedy. -- PeteCresswell |
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(Pete Cresswell) wrote:
Per tcmedara: There are usually three little holes that the end of the return spring sits in. Not on this antique. I guess bending the springs is the only remedy. Wait a second. Have you tried rearranging the washers/spacers? Someone showed me once how their orientation affects brake arm/pad placement; worth a try before bending stuff Bill "just take note of how they're on there now" S. |
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(Pete Cresswell) wrote:
Per tcmedara: There are usually three little holes that the end of the return spring sits in. Not on this antique. I guess bending the springs is the only remedy. I understand you OP mentioned problems with the return springs. Do the brakes work fine except for the return, i.e. pad to rim distance, cable pull, etc? Maybe I don't grasp the problem. Is it that the arms are too far apart to get the pads against the rim, or is it that you can't get them far enough apart to get space between the pad and the rim? Tom |
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(Pete Cresswell) Wrote: They're so far apart that the springs that separate pads from wheel can't do their job. Adjustment screws are maxed out. Utility/errand bike - no big thing....but if there's an easy solution.... http://tinyurl.com/5yzxr -- PeteCresswell If you had some brakes without the parallel push mechanism it would fit alot better. -- Mr_Kingkillaha |
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Per tcmedara:
Maybe I don't grasp the problem. Is it that the arms are too far apart to get the pads against the rim, or is it that you can't get them far enough apart to get space between the pad and the rim? "Problem" might be too strong a word. But the arms are kind of far apart - far enough so that the return springs don't do their job. Nothing I'd go too far to fix - but if it turned out I was just doing something dumb (like the three-hole option metioned earlier - that this fork lacks)... -- PeteCresswell |
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