berty bassett
Legendary Member
- Location
- I'boro
hi
i have bought a bike with cable pull disc brakes , very good condition and by the looks of it not used much at all however , i can not get the back brake set up properly . i have watched yt and done the adjusting the whole unit , i have had the pads out and cleaned them ( with petrol -( i know it wrong but all i had )) cleaned the disc also , put it all back together and just the same , i can pull lever hard as possible as far as it goes and i can still just about move the bike backwards even if i set it up so the pads are binding a little before i touch the lever . the pads have about 1.5-2 mm on them and dont look that worn compared to google images of worn brakes
before i take pads out of front and put in back , is there something that i am missing here ?
first time with disc brakes and not too impressed so far but hopefully with a little help there will be a change of heart !
front brakes are sound by the way
if it makes any difference its a cannondale synapse al , the cable is mostly routed internally but when i released the nut at the brake end i made sure it run free and it seemed fine
i definitely put it back together how it came apart but dont know if it was right in the first place ! like i say it grips but just not hard enough
any help much appreciated
i have bought a bike with cable pull disc brakes , very good condition and by the looks of it not used much at all however , i can not get the back brake set up properly . i have watched yt and done the adjusting the whole unit , i have had the pads out and cleaned them ( with petrol -( i know it wrong but all i had )) cleaned the disc also , put it all back together and just the same , i can pull lever hard as possible as far as it goes and i can still just about move the bike backwards even if i set it up so the pads are binding a little before i touch the lever . the pads have about 1.5-2 mm on them and dont look that worn compared to google images of worn brakes
before i take pads out of front and put in back , is there something that i am missing here ?
first time with disc brakes and not too impressed so far but hopefully with a little help there will be a change of heart !
front brakes are sound by the way
if it makes any difference its a cannondale synapse al , the cable is mostly routed internally but when i released the nut at the brake end i made sure it run free and it seemed fine
i definitely put it back together how it came apart but dont know if it was right in the first place ! like i say it grips but just not hard enough
any help much appreciated