What did I do?
I went to put my the rack on my Atlantis. Well I wasn't paying attention and
tightened thebolt to replace the brake studs I tightened and realized and
loosened and corrected. Well now the brake has zero spring tension and I could
barely get the damn thing off the brake stud.
What brakes do you have?
On Sunday, July 22, 2012, murphyjrfk wrote:
That's what I thought I checked twice. It's like all o the sudden the
brake is too small for the post it won't pivot and I have enough grease on
there to last a lifetime!
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Probably overtightened and mushroomed the stud slightly:
Cantilever brake mounting bolts (front especially.)
If these are overtightened, they can mushroom the ends of the
cantilever bosses, causing the brake to bind up. -Sheldon Brown
It's pretty common. Likely you can get the diameter back to
Thanks. For the info I'll look into that. Oops. Oh and I have the tektro cr
720s love em or hate em- for me it's both.
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