How do you remove this type of brake?
04-25-08, 01:19 PM
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How do you remove this type of brake?
https://www.bianchiusa.com/07_san_jose.html
im about to switch handle bars and add different brakes...but I never looked at the brake lever on the San Jose...how do I take it off w/o ripping everything apart?
im about to switch handle bars and add different brakes...but I never looked at the brake lever on the San Jose...how do I take it off w/o ripping everything apart?
04-25-08, 01:24 PM
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Hello,
If you push your brake lever down and look inside the hood you'll see an allen bolt under there, loosen this bolt and the band that holds the lever on will come off...quite simple really....good luck
If you push your brake lever down and look inside the hood you'll see an allen bolt under there, loosen this bolt and the band that holds the lever on will come off...quite simple really....good luck
04-25-08, 01:27 PM
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you click this link and buy a different model:
https://www.bianchiusa.com/08_pista.html
https://www.bianchiusa.com/08_pista.html
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what makes the san jose brake lever any different than any other brake lever?
just loosen the brake cable, and unscrew behind the lever when it's fully depressed
or is the san jose just that much different?
edit: got beat to it d:
just loosen the brake cable, and unscrew behind the lever when it's fully depressed
or is the san jose just that much different?
edit: got beat to it d:
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04-25-08, 04:42 PM
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push the cable through the front of the lever. if it's corroded and stuck, you might have to pry it out with a screwdriver, and/or use wd-40.
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https://www.canecreek.com/drop-v-brake-levers.html
im talking about taking the housing and wire out of this lever...the end of the wire has a metal ball holding it in place...i dont see how to take that out so that I can keep the housing and brake wire intact
im talking about taking the housing and wire out of this lever...the end of the wire has a metal ball holding it in place...i dont see how to take that out so that I can keep the housing and brake wire intact
04-25-08, 06:27 PM
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If you're going to flat/riser bars and mtb levers, you're going to need new cables anyway, those levers want a sort of sideways barrel instead of the cable end that road levers like.
Top is road-style, bottom is mtb-style.
Top is road-style, bottom is mtb-style.
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you have to remove the bar tape and release the wire from the brake caliper. Once its loose you can pull the whole wire from the front of the brake lever by pulling that little metal ball you're talking about, that's the head of the brake cable.
04-25-08, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Thetank
you have to remove the bar tape and release the wire from the brake caliper. Once its loose you can pull the whole wire from the front of the brake lever by pulling that little metal ball you're talking about, that's the head of the brake cable.
04-25-08, 07:15 PM
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ended up taking it off...I see I need a pair of wire cutters though to get the wire through so that the wire is tight enough to get back through the housing
04-25-08, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
If you're going to flat/riser bars and mtb levers, you're going to need new cables anyway, those levers want a sort of sideways barrel instead of the cable end that road levers like.
Top is road-style, bottom is mtb-style.
Top is road-style, bottom is mtb-style.
