How To Remove Brake Pads from Holder???

Well, I thought I was a pretty competent mechanic, but this one is
embarrasingly non-obvious.

The front shoes on my Campy brakes have gotten quite worn down, so I purchased
some replacement Cool Stop "Campy 2000" pads, being very pleased with that
company's product line in the past.

I can't figure out how best to remove the old pads!

Clearly they slide out to the rear, but they're really in there snugly. I
don't want to start taking a hammer and old screwdriver to the pads while
they're on the bike - that would be fairly abusive on the brakes and forks.

Taking the brake shoes off, and clamping the threaded post in a bench vise
looked promising, but I was afraid to clamp down too hard for fear of damaging
the threads, and thus it still wasn't rigid enough to hammer out the old
shoes.

I don't see any nifty Park tool for accomplishing this feat by pushing one
lever.

I thought about grinding away the old shoe with my Dremel, but had a hunch
this might be overkill.

So how do you wrenches handle this silly problem???

Art

(Arthur Shapiro) wrote in message ...
Clearly they slide out to the rear, but they're really in there snugly. I
don't want to start taking a hammer and old screwdriver to the pads while
they're on the bike - that would be fairly abusive on the brakes and forks.

Taking the brake shoes off, and clamping the threaded post in a bench vise
looked promising, but I was afraid to clamp down too hard for fear of damaging
the threads, and thus it still wasn't rigid enough to hammer out the old
shoes.

Combine the two methods- and put a couple bolts on the brake shoe stud
to avoid munging the threads thereon.

Or cut the old shoe into thirds with a utility knife and relieve
pressure that way.

Jeff

I removed my Campy brake pads recently and they came out fairly easily. I
used a very thin bladed, small screwdriver and slipped the blade underneath
the pad at the rear opening. I then pried the pad out from the holder.
Inserting the pads, I used a bit of grease on the shoe and slid it back in.

Tom

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
Well, I thought I was a pretty competent mechanic, but this one is
embarrasingly non-obvious.

The front shoes on my Campy brakes have gotten quite worn down, so I
purchased
some replacement Cool Stop "Campy 2000" pads, being very pleased with that
company's product line in the past.

I can't figure out how best to remove the old pads!

Clearly they slide out to the rear, but they're really in there snugly. I
don't want to start taking a hammer and old screwdriver to the pads while
they're on the bike - that would be fairly abusive on the brakes and
forks.

Taking the brake shoes off, and clamping the threaded post in a bench vise
looked promising, but I was afraid to clamp down too hard for fear of
damaging
the threads, and thus it still wasn't rigid enough to hammer out the old
shoes.

I don't see any nifty Park tool for accomplishing this feat by pushing one
lever.

I thought about grinding away the old shoe with my Dremel, but had a hunch
this might be overkill.

So how do you wrenches handle this silly problem???

Art

In article ,
(Jeff Wills) wrote:

(Arthur Shapiro) wrote in message
...
Clearly they slide out to the rear, but they're really in there snugly. I


Try mounting them reversed and then braking hard. It might work. Somewhere
where you don't actually need to stop.

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