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TomYoung
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Hi all:
My Surly Long Haul Trucker is the first bike I've owned with
cantilever brakes so maybe I'm missing something here.
Just about every time I release the brake straddle wire to move the
brakes out of the way for wheel removal the two pads don't come back
into position on either side of the wheel when I put the straddle wire
back into place. Most of the time I have to tweak the spring force on
one or the other cantilevers to get the two pads to come back into a
balanced position "at rest." They've acted this way since day one
after I put the bike together a little over a year ago and this funky
action continues to this day.
When I put the bike together I greased the posts the cantilevers ride
on properly - I think - and it seems like if lubrication was an issue
here that the brakes wouldn't come back centered at rest in normal
operation, but they do, after I do my tweaks.
I don't know why undoing the straddle wire and then reattaching it
changes things, but it sure does. Any thoughts on what's causing this
behavior?
Brakes are TekTro 992A canti's attached to TekTro 100A levers.
TIA.
Tom Young
My Surly Long Haul Trucker is the first bike I've owned with
cantilever brakes so maybe I'm missing something here.
Just about every time I release the brake straddle wire to move the
brakes out of the way for wheel removal the two pads don't come back
into position on either side of the wheel when I put the straddle wire
back into place. Most of the time I have to tweak the spring force on
one or the other cantilevers to get the two pads to come back into a
balanced position "at rest." They've acted this way since day one
after I put the bike together a little over a year ago and this funky
action continues to this day.
When I put the bike together I greased the posts the cantilevers ride
on properly - I think - and it seems like if lubrication was an issue
here that the brakes wouldn't come back centered at rest in normal
operation, but they do, after I do my tweaks.
I don't know why undoing the straddle wire and then reattaching it
changes things, but it sure does. Any thoughts on what's causing this
behavior?
Brakes are TekTro 992A canti's attached to TekTro 100A levers.
TIA.
Tom Young