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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-devotional http://www.happynews.com/ |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ Link to my hand drawn picture of the brake mechanism. I don't know where the spring goes. I think that one of the 2 bolts go through it. Thanks, Andy http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ The pic of my drawing of the brake mechanism is here. Andy http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ The pic of my drawing of the brake is here. Thanks. http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ The pic of my drawing of the brake is here. Thanks. http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If that spring is in the brake lever, you might not even need it. Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles http://OldRoads.com |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ The pic of my drawing of the brake is here. Thanks. http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j-Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. Andy |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ The pic of my drawing of the brake is here. Thanks. http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j-Hidequoted text - - Show quoted text - 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 |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
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 http://intouch.org/magazine/daily-de...happynews.com/ The pic of my drawing of the brake is here. Thanks. http://yfrog.com/1ftrek20j-Hidequotedtext - - Show quoted text - 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 |
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Can't figure out where spring goes in brake mechanism
adjusted pads to an even distance ?
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