Maguras

[tillz]

always have this problem with one side pulling in but doesnt return....bled the hell out of them....help

[Egg Fried Rice]

there could be a few problems to this

1. the brakes havent been used for a long time

2. not an equal amount of fluid is in the each caliper because maguras are like that lol

3. this may sound silly but if one pads if heavier than the other it will also effect it

the only way i can think of to solve it is to adjust the pads without using the turbo dial (even though your not suppose to) this will retract the pads easier or you can buy a hose splitter, this will ditribute equal amount of fluid into each caliper. i cannot rememeber who makes the spillet but if i find out i will tell you.

John K

[tillz]

cheers dude...had the brakes for a while,bout a yr..but bin ridin for several and have always had this problem,does my nut in!

[Onzaallen]

Hi just to answer the other guys question, i think it is monty that do the hose splitters.

[Concussion]

always have this problem with one side pulling in but doesnt return....bled the hell out of them....help

Yeah` just set your brakes up well, without the TPA .......or maybe just a turn to get them perfect!

Hose splitters.......oh yeah, didn't know they existed

[JT!]

there could be a few problems to this

1. the brakes havent been used for a long time

2. not an equal amount of fluid is in the each caliper because maguras are like that lol

3. this may sound silly but if one pads if heavier than the other it will also effect it

the only way i can think of to solve it is to adjust the pads without using the turbo dial (even though your not suppose to) this will retract the pads easier or you can buy a hose splitter, this will ditribute equal amount of fluid into each caliper. i cannot rememeber who makes the spillet but if i find out i will tell you.

The bit in bold is right, the rest isn't.

Bleeding your brake won't do anything.

What you need to do is undo your tpa (red star) untill the both pads go right back to the cylindars. You'll now find that you need to pull the leaver right back to the bars to make the brake work, that's normal. Now undo the bolts that hold the magura cylindars in place and set them up nice and close to the rim. Some people use a 2p coin in between the brake pads and the rim, the 2p coin width is a good distence of a gap to have between your brake pad and your rim. When they are set up nice and close to the rim, and bolted back down, when you pull the leaver now it shouldn't come all the way back down to the bars, now all you do is use the tpa (red star) to ajust the brake to how you like it. Becuase now you have little tpa ajustment, both pads should retract nicely.

If after doing this you still find one of the pads isn't comming back proporly, repeat what you have just done. Pay extra attention to the underlined part.

People say monty hose splitters is suposed to solve this, but i really can't see how they would. They cause a hell of alot of other problems along the way too.

Edited May 30, 2006 by JT!

[monty221pr]

my brakes did this about a month ago simply take the brake and pad off then pull the lever to the bars and smoother the piston with WD40 , then release and pull the lever repeatedly after that problem solved,i was told its called "sticky piston" but that maybe someones name for it not a proper technical term.