Which way to install brake pads?
05-16-14 | 08:22 AM
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Which way to install brake pads?
Having the day off today and since it is raining I decided to finally replace the brake pads on my 70s Bianchi Superleggera. The calipers are Campagnolo super/nuovo record and I replaced the pads with salmon Kool-Stop pads.
After I completed the job I realized that my pads may not be properly installed. Although everything is working as it should, should the brake shoe be facing the other way? I mean so that during braking the pad will go up against the end of the shoe? The way it is now the pad will tend to come off the shoe, right?
Kinda hard to describe so please see the picture below. Do I have them backwards? Does the same apply for the front?
Please advise.
Thanks in advance
After I completed the job I realized that my pads may not be properly installed. Although everything is working as it should, should the brake shoe be facing the other way? I mean so that during braking the pad will go up against the end of the shoe? The way it is now the pad will tend to come off the shoe, right?
Kinda hard to describe so please see the picture below. Do I have them backwards? Does the same apply for the front?
Please advise.
Thanks in advance
05-16-14 | 08:28 AM
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The rear ones in the picture are correct. The front ones should be installed with the open end toward the fork.
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05-16-14 | 08:29 AM
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05-16-14 | 08:34 AM
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Thanks guys... I guess next time I should think before I post... HA! I must have been thinking of going backwards...
05-16-14 | 08:10 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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I agree with the direction, but I've always questioned whether the pads can actually come out. The same pressure which holds the pad to the rim also holds the pad to the shoe. Has anyone ever seen this happen?
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05-16-14 | 09:26 PM
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Can't say that I've ever seen it happen. I replaced some the other day and had to really work to get the old ones out and the new ones in.
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1972 Bottecchia Professional, 1972 Legnano Olympiade Record,
1982 Colnago Super, 1987 Bottecchia Team C-Record,
1988 Pinarello Montello, 1990 Masi Nuova Strada Super Record,
1995 Bianchi Campione d'Italia, 1995 DeBernardi Thron
My C&V Bikes:
1972 Bottecchia Professional, 1972 Legnano Olympiade Record,
1982 Colnago Super, 1987 Bottecchia Team C-Record,
1988 Pinarello Montello, 1990 Masi Nuova Strada Super Record,
1995 Bianchi Campione d'Italia, 1995 DeBernardi Thron
05-17-14 | 06:35 AM
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
05-17-14 | 09:55 AM
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05-17-14 | 10:55 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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