bhups Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 (edited) Right, i was riding my bike and then for some reason when i let go of the front break the lever returned but the piston however did not it seems like the piston is jammed which means the pads are not coming back or anything. Is there anything i can do to fix it, this sucks as its ment to be sold tomorrow.Bhups. P.s it is a 04 leverEdit: I pushed the piston back by un-doing the bit where it attaches to the hose and pushing it back through with a think allen key but it just gets stuck again when you push the lever balde Edited August 25, 2007 by bhups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James-M Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Take the lever apart? Give it a clean out, could be filled with gunk and dry horrible oily stuff Also you could try taking out the pads and cleaning in there...Could the pads possibly be sticking to tar on the rim? I've had that before...Just thinking of a few ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8grumble Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Right, i was riding my bike and then for some reason when i let go of the front break the lever returned but the piston however did not it seems like the piston is jammed which means the pads are not coming back or anything. Is there anything i can do to fix it, this sucks as its ment to be sold tomorrow.Bhups. P.s it is a 04 leverEdit: I pushed the piston back by un-doing the bit where it attaches to the hose and pushing it back through with a think allen key but it just gets stuck again when you push the lever baldealso push the allan key quite hard to push the hole piston out... clean it well, and stretch the spring slightly... gives it that bit more power, to return the piston, thats what i did. graham.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhups Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Sorted fella's, just pushed it out and lubed it like a bellend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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