These brakes would be so much easier to work on if I could clamp them together while I pull the cable and tighten the anchor nut.

I have a couple of problems with my current way of doing it:

- I have to put cloth between the wheel and pads so that the pads don't rub. How else would I space them out?
- My clamp is a piece of **** from Harbor Freight. It slips all over and off the pads.