rudirudirudirudirudi Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 sup trials forum. right, stupid bb7 is up to its old tricks again. its the 08 160 with gusset cable. a few days after i first started using it i would pull the lever and it would just stick into position with cable all floppy. ... it has been fine for a while but is doing it again now. I know its a vaugue description but theres not really much more to go into its a simple and annoying as that. anyone have any answers??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Only thing I can say is check the whole length of the cable, make sure nothing is obscuring it or holding it in a certain position when it is pulled hard. Change your inner and outer wire and see if that does anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medwaytrials Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 losen the cable a bit, ajust the pads in then maybe do up the spring tension? worked on chi's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudirudirudirudirudi Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 losen the cable a bit, ajust the pads in then maybe do up the spring tension? worked on chi's spring tension?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 make sure you havn't bent the pulling arm and making it catch on the bolt behind, I have had that happen a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I'd guess the lever on the caliper is being pulled too far and it's either catching on something as has been mentioned already or the mechanism inside the caliper has moved past where it's designed to go because the pads are able to move too far. Wind the pads in more and the brake should bite earlier and not stick on. Failing that open the caliper and grease the internals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudirudirudirudirudi Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 thanks for replies. i thought it was the arm when it first happened. iv sorted it now, just put a new cable on and lubed it all up. i think there was a random loose strand of cable that was blocking the bit where the end of the outer casing goes into... make sense?? oh well anyway. its sorted and brake is holding like a monster. all ready for oxford now. thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 i think there was a random loose strand of cable that was blocking the bit where the end of the outer casing goes into... make sense?? Yeah I was about to suggest that How do you find the gusset cable? Also did your bb7 take a while to bed in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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