Originally Posted by takara14
My UO8 reconditioned and reassembled. The saddle and post are not original and the new cables have black casing instead of white. Any suggestions for quieting the Mafacs? Thanks for the help in identifying and dating it.
Top quiet the Mafacs "toe-in" the front of the brake pads towards the rim using an adjustable wrench to bend the brake pad mounts. Don't bend them too much, just flex them enough to get the pads not quite parallel with the rim. When done, the front tip of the brake pad should touch the rim before the rest of the pad. This always worked for me and didn't reduce the efficiency of the brakes any. And no more of that "squawling" from the brakes!