"Vee" wrote in message
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Fiona Reid wrote:

My brakes are constantly seizing up snip

With most V-brakes, greasing the mount point doesn't help. When you
remove the brake, you might find that the brake arms pivot not on the
frame, but on a built-in sleeve. If it's hard to actuate the brake
while it's on the bike, but the brake easily pulls off the frame once
you remove the bolts, you have the built-in sleeves. You can pound the
sleeves out and regrease them if you're creative, but it's a pain.
If your brakes truly pivot on the mount point, use whatever grease you
got. It's all the same for these purposes.

Yes, and I have found that taking the caliper arm and rotating the long
spring arm around back and forth usually loosens up the junk between the
bushing and the caliper arm. Rotating while immersed in water, or even
better, a degreaser, usually works the best, and when it rotates smoothly,
blow it out with compressed air.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training