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Brake caliper issue
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This is a little out of my wheel house. what would be the appropriate way to try to remove the I don't know what you call a sleeve or whatever that is stuck on the I guess you call it the caliper mounting post |
It is called a brake boss and that looks like a sleeve from the inside of a V-brake or Linear brake. Squirt it with some penetration oil and then use a small pair of channel lock pliers to twist it off. It also looks like your brake bosses are replaceable, I think I see flats to get them our, most likely a 9mm open end wrench would work, may have to heat it up first as there is normally thread locker of the bosses threads.
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By the way, if you tap on the phone screen on the object you’re trying to photo it usually forces it to adjust the autofocus, it had decided you wanted a pic of the wheel there. You might have been slightly too close to that sleeve thing though, for it to be able to.
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Yeah the bike is a Schwinn Phocus 1500. Promax V-brake TX119.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...64a5a45e02.jpg I didn't realize I posted that other pictures of the picture I meant to post. |
Still focussed on the wheel rim / spoke nipple :D
Macro shots are tricky |
Originally Posted by gister63
(Post 23610673)
This is a little out of my wheel house. what would be the appropriate way to try to remove the I don't know what you call a sleeve or whatever that is stuck on the I guess you call it the caliper mounting post
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If simple penetrating oil and pliers don't do the job the OP might have to file away the brass sleeve along one lengthwise point and then peal the sleeve away. I've seen the steel post rust so badly that the brake arm (and that sleeve being tightly contained in the arm) become too tight to slide off. If the steel boss unthreads from the base one can use a M6 bolt and nut for a handle. Thread the nut on the bolt and the bolt in the open end of the boss and now this handle can be held by hand or in a bench vise. Andy
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Originally Posted by choddo
(Post 23610808)
Still focussed on the wheel rim / spoke nipple :D
Macro shots are tricky |
Originally Posted by Andrew R Stewart
(Post 23610834)
If simple penetrating oil and pliers don't do the job the OP might have to file away the brass sleeve along one lengthwise point and then peal the sleeve away. I've seen the steel post rust so badly that the brake arm (and that sleeve being tightly contained in the arm) become too tight to slide off. If the steel boss unthreads from the base one can use a M6 bolt and nut for a handle. Thread the nut on the bolt and the bolt in the open end of the boss and now this handle can be held by hand or in a bench vise. Andy
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Originally Posted by gister63
(Post 23611662)
well I borrowed your file idea or the concept anyway. I didn't have a file but I had like a cone shaped grinding stone in my drill.
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