Joe 90 Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 I own a set of maggie raceline d's from the late 90's (i think), the ones with the more chunky master cylinders. I recently gave them a llittle TLC, bled them & fitted them to an old kona kilauea. They work great but the TPA has gone on both levers. Not much of a problem with a little adjustment at the rim but I thought I could at least try to get them almost perfect.I've tried removing the blade to fiddle the TPA but the old system seems a bit more concealed than newer models.Does anyone know how i could bodge the TPA on these old levers? orwhere I could look for replacement blades for pre-2004 models? orcan you use 2004 model blades with the old units? & if so where could I get these?Would be grateful for some advice, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 (edited) I own a set of maggie raceline d's from the late 90's (i think), the ones with the more chunky master cylinders. I recently gave them a llittle TLC, bled them & fitted them to an old kona kilauea. They work great but the TPA has gone on both levers. Not much of a problem with a little adjustment at the rim but I thought I could at least try to get them almost perfect.I've tried removing the blade to fiddle the TPA but the old system seems a bit more concealed than newer models.Does anyone know how i could bodge the TPA on these old levers? orwhere I could look for replacement blades for pre-2004 models? orcan you use 2004 model blades with the old units? & if so where could I get these?Would be grateful for some advice, cheers.Take the lever blade out,push the metal cylinder out of the hole where the screw secures it to the lever body,take the red knob offtake the blade completely apartwatch carefully how it disassembles as you need to put it back together,now.. the small piece of metal which the red knob fits, take it and unscrew everything from it and dismiss themso you can see all the way through itnow put everything back togetherleave the red knob off and find a screw that fits into the bit coming from the lever blade.that should then be done!BenWiki Guide to TPA Fixage!better than my explanation Edited March 13, 2008 by Benjaminge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Erm...ive got the same brakes, and i can fix the tpa for you..whereabouts in cornwall do you live, if you come to plymy or close to me ( losty ) ill do it for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 thanks for the advice chaps, i'll have a crack now, i'm sure i can find a couple of screws to replace the red knob in my box of tricks.thanks for the offer of repair too, i might give you a shout if i get stuck. Do you ride in plymouth normally? I'm new to trials & not much spare time from work but looking for places to ride, at the moment i'm kind of limited to looe seafront (south coast) & cheesewring quarry near minions, just outside liskeard. Any suggestions?Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 thanks for the advice chaps, i'll have a crack now, i'm sure i can find a couple of screws to replace the red knob in my box of tricks.thanks for the offer of repair too, i might give you a shout if i get stuck. Do you ride in plymouth normally? I'm new to trials & not much spare time from work but looking for places to ride, at the moment i'm kind of limited to looe seafront (south coast) & cheesewring quarry near minions, just outside liskeard. Any suggestions?Thanks guys.Or you could use a allen key bolt then adjust the tpa via allen key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Or you could use a allen key bolt then adjust the tpa via allen key.Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Thanks guys, now have a fully rejuvinated set of 10+year old maggies! The screw that fits into the piece of metal that the TPA plugs onto had actually snapped off in the piece of metal so had to drill it and get the old reverse thread screw out to remove it but now works perfect.Cheers, thread closed i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NileBrown™ Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Eh?hes saying replace the original bolt thingy you get in there to adjust the tpa, putting a normal allen bolt in and then adjust it useing an allen key.Sorry if I made that a bit hard to explain but I know what hes talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgresty Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 chainreactioncycles.co.uk sell replacement black levers for the older style magura's, have a look on there i think they are black like the raceline ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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