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05-08-03, 09:30 AM
I started a thread earlier about brake adjustment, but really received no answers on the problem.
I just purchased a Kona Kahuna Deluxe with Shimano BR-475 disk brakes and I can't seem to align them properly. I have no manuals and I have visited the shimano web site as well as other bike tech sites. The problem I have is that I can adjust the inner pad placement, but not the outer. My calipers are placed as far out as they will go but they still rub the outer pads. There is a spline nut that might be what I need to adjust, but the inner adjustment is a hex. I have tried to turn the splined nut, but it is on there pretty good and I don't want to strip it. Besides, I don't even know if it is an adjustment nut or if the outer pads can be adjusted at all. So, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know that someone is going to say "your LBS should have given you a manual". Well, they didn't have any at the time so I am looking elsewhere for answers. Thanx
I just purchased a Kona Kahuna Deluxe with Shimano BR-475 disk brakes and I can't seem to align them properly. I have no manuals and I have visited the shimano web site as well as other bike tech sites. The problem I have is that I can adjust the inner pad placement, but not the outer. My calipers are placed as far out as they will go but they still rub the outer pads. There is a spline nut that might be what I need to adjust, but the inner adjustment is a hex. I have tried to turn the splined nut, but it is on there pretty good and I don't want to strip it. Besides, I don't even know if it is an adjustment nut or if the outer pads can be adjusted at all. So, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know that someone is going to say "your LBS should have given you a manual". Well, they didn't have any at the time so I am looking elsewhere for answers. Thanx