Mountain Biking - How do you move the outer pad (the one the moves) on BB5s?

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Chone
06-18-06, 01:08 PM
Well my hand is healing faster than expected and I might be able to ride sooner than I can take my bike to my LBS and I was wondering if I could fix the brake issue on my bike myself... well the problem is the rotor is rubbing on the outer pad and its making a horrible screeching noise and also threw my brake setup out of proportion, so how do I do it?

Man, why couldn't specialized just put BB7s on this damn thing or why did Avid even make the BB5 if they were going to nerf it like that.

Jason222
06-18-06, 01:44 PM
Unbolt the cable and move the arm to a different place and tighten the bolt back up.
Jason222
06-18-06, 01:47 PM
Did you try realigning it? Are you sure the rotor isn't bent?

Chone
06-18-06, 04:09 PM
Fixed it, turns out the housing got thrown out of the barrel in the crash and pulled the cable, bringing the outer pad closer, well, I feel stupid not seeing that earlier but its fine now.

Heh my hand is better than I thought, I was able to lurch once lol, its swollen though and hurts when I twist it.