Should I just buy a new front brake?

[dav_hamill]

I'm beggining to hate Juicys. After the wet weather at the Merida I
needed to change my brake pads. That isn't a probelm in itself.

But I'm growing a little bored of the tedium caused by trying to
change these pads. I can never push the calipers back far enough to
get the new pads in. So I need to loosen the screws on the reservoir
to let a little fluid out (Thanks for that tip Tom).

The way that Avid position the reservoir you need to remove the lever
from the bar just to do this. MThis is a little more than I would like
to do just to change a set of pads.

Anyway, this time one of the screws was too tight and i've mangled the
head of the screw completely so it's going nowhere. Is there a way
I'll ever get this screw out?

Anyway I struggled on after that but got nowhere. I ended up letting a
little fluid out at the caliper end. I knew this was a stupid idea at
the time but I was getting annoyed.

So now I have a brake that needs bled with a screw that is stuck on
the reservoir.

Any recommendations for a decent brake to replace them with? Or do you
have any ideas about what I should do?

OD

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[Stuart Marshall]

I let the fluid out at the caliper end on my juicys ... didn't seem to cause
any problems.

Though I do agree that fitting new pads is a horrible experience until you
let some of the fluid out!


On 27/06/07, dav_hamill <daviehamill@hotmail.com> wrote:

[graemeelliott]

Mine need done after the weekend too I think and I've not tried it
before....



--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart Marshall" <yahoo@...>
wrote:

[ChrisL]

--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, "Stuart Marshall" <yahoo@...>
wrote:

[dav_hamill]

Yeah I thopught about the Juicy 7s but I think that dial just moves
the caliper in the way that you do when you push it back. That would
still mean that you'd need to let out some fluid in order to be able
to dial it back far enough to get the pads in.

What are Hope Minis like? There's a guy selling some on STW.

OD

--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Lupton"
<thinkingengine@...> wrote:

[jtm2000]

Dave,

There are 2 x ways to fix your damaged screw:

1. you could drill out the damaged screw and fit a helicoil, however this is a bit of sensitive operation

2. get a small screw extractor RS part no 423-6679 for £8.00

When you get the screw/stud out, make sure you fit a stainless replacement, splined or torx head.

tim

[Bumbly1]

Fwiw, I have Magura Martas and they have proved reliable with very good back
up from Marta when I did have a seal problem. The downside, apart from
exdpense, is availablilty of spare pads and I now keep a wee stock purchased
on the internet. They are not often required but I don't often check them
and so when they wear down I need spares quickly.



-----Original Message-----
From: mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of dav_hamill
Sent: 28 June 2007 08:47
To: mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mtbscotland] Re: Should I just buy a new front brake?

Yeah I thopught about the Juicy 7s but I think that dial just moves the
caliper in the way that you do when you push it back. That would still mean
that you'd need to let out some fluid in order to be able to dial it back
far enough to get the pads in.

What are Hope Minis like? There's a guy selling some on STW.

OD

--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Lupton"
<thinkingengine@...> wrote:

[Stuart Marshall]

Mine are Juicy 7s .... so yes you still have to let fluid out with them.

On 28/06/07, dav_hamill <daviehamill@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Stuart Marshall]

I'm guessing he means RS components:

http://rswww.com/


On 28/06/07, dav_hamill <daviehamill@hotmail.com> wrote:

[dav_hamill]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for this What is RS?

OD

--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, jtm2000 <mtbsnew@...> wrote:

[Mark Lister]

Let out fluid to change the pads? What's that about?

Get yourself some Hopes. I have 4-pots and the older C2s, both great
brakes. One thing that's good about Hope is they're mechanically
pretty simple and very serviceable. The Bicycle Works keep plenty of
stock of lots of components for them.

Another thing is their legendary backup/customer support. I'm
thinking that would be very useful in situations just like the one
you're in now.

Mark

[jtm2000]

Dave,

Yes, sorry, R S components, they have a trade counter in Glasgow, 38 Baird Street, G4 0ED Tel 0141 552 4446 or order online, although delivery is expensive.

tim.

[jodeskid]

maybe i'm tempting fate here- i've never had a problem getting pads in my
avids.

there that's blown it, next time i'm stuck 2mins from the middle of nowhere
cursing them damned brakes.


On 6/28/07, Stuart Marshall <yahoo@stuartmarshall.co.uk> wrote:

[ChrisL]

--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, Mark Lister <marklister@...>
wrote:

[dav_hamill]

I managed to drill the screw out. Just need the brake bled now.

I was considering getting a bleed kit and giving it a go myself but I
reckon I will just chuck it into the shop.

Thanks for the advice all.

OD


--- In mtbscotland@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Lupton"
<thinkingengine@...> wrote:

[househusband]

David - I've got an Avid bleed kit and some fluid. Welcome to pop round with the bike and I'll (we'll!) do it - it's a piss-easy job.

(In fact this evening would be a pretty good time to do it.)
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