On 06/05/2016 06:00 PM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
Steve P.- Maybe, probably, this should be a new thread, but I have a thought about centerpulls: I had the Compass centerpulls put on my new MAP. They squealed so bad that heads would snap toward me when I braked. It was really unpleasant. I asked on the ibob list and got the suggestion of water, of cold bending the arms, and of filing the washers to create toe-in. I also asked Mitch (Pryor, the frame builder) and Theo at Compass about it. Mitch was kind enough to send me new washers since he had been waiting for my decaleur to come back from being chromed and had to send it anyway. I tried the water in the meantime and it was a temporary fix, the squeal came back. I'm really busy and kind of lazy, preferring to ride over work on my bike, so I didn't get around to installing the filed washers and finally the squeal went away.
You have a MAP with brazed on Compass brakes /also/? Well, Jan said the squeal would go away when the brakes were bedded in.
But my question came to me about the toe in theory. Wouldn't toe in be temporary as well? If the front of the pad contacts the rim first, even ever so slightly, won't it just wear quicker and soon enough the braking surface will be even again? Just a thought. I'm sure glad mine stopped squealing though.
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