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- IF IT IS A CANTILEVER BRAKE:
- Most cantilever brakes have the
- brake pads mounted on rods so that
- you can loosen the holders, slide
- the pads to the proper position
- and retighten. It is difficult to
- hold the pad in the proper
- position while retightening.
- Patience and perhaps a pair of
- pliers is required.
- Sometimes adjusting the pos-
- ition of the pads is insufficient.
- Release the cable, then check to
- see if one of the pivots is stiff
- or sticking. If so, disassemble,
- clean with sandpaper, apply
- grease, and reassemble.
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- Some Shimano cantilever brakes
- (and U-brakes) have a 2mm allen
- screw that you turn to adjust
- centering.
-
- 6. Check all the nuts and bolts in
- the braking system (that you have
- not already attended to) for
- tightness.
-
- 7. Sidepull brakes often need one
- more adjustment. The center bolt
- has two nuts that work like a
- bearing adjustment to keep the
- looseness of the brake properly
- adjusted. If too tight, the brake
- will not spring open. If set too
- loose, the brake will grab or
- chatter.
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