On Oct 21, 12:18*pm, DirtRoadie wrote:
On Oct 21, 5:46*am, Andy wrote:



On Oct 21, 6:12*am, OldRoads wrote:

On Oct 20, 7:01*pm, Andy wrote:

On Oct 20, 12:37*pm, Andy wrote:

I decided to change out the brake on my grandson's Trek 20 Bike.

I thought it would be similar to other bikes I have worked on.
I need to find out where the spring goes that popped out.

I couldn't find an online or downloadable manual.

I remember seeing a post on usenet that had a link to a picture that
you could temporarily store.
I could then scan a drawing of the brake handle.

Does anyone know how I can accomplish it?

Have a great day,
* * * * * * * * *Andy

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The pic of my drawing of the brake is here.

Thanks.

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If that spring is in the brake lever, you might not even need it.

Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycleshttp://OldRoads.com

Thanks a lot Vin.

You were right, it didn't need the spring.

While the drawing is a bit hard to follow, the illustration of the
spring is clear enough to show that it is intended to go on the bolt
that serves as a pivot for the lever. The spring *provides some force
to bias the lever to its "un-sqeezed position." Without the spring,
that is accomplished entirely by the tension on the cable supplied by
the spring on the brake itself.

DR

Thanks.

I found the spring tension on the brake itself is adjustable.

Getting the pads to be even distance from the aluminum rim took me an
hour to figure out. :-)

Andy