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Koolstop cartridge pads not fitting
Last night it took me nearly an hour to replace my V-brake cartridges.
The koolstop pads I'd bought of the internet simply would not slide into the holder - to the extent that I (a) had to pare the backs of them down a bit and (b) remove the holders from the bike and use some molegrips to ratchet them into place. Am I just unfortunate in this respect? Did I buy the wrong pads? Anyone else had problems with them? These were the green ones for ceramic rims (something I'd never have bought, but it's a second hand bike). |
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On Sep 7, 1:30*pm, Señor Chris wrote:
wrote: It helps if you take the retaining pin out first. grin Seriously though, it shouldn't be a problem - a couple of weeks ago I installed some Koolstop pads into Aztec holders and was able to slide the old pads out and the new ones in by hand. Which was my experience last time I replaced a pad (the pin failed somehow at some point, I backed up a little with the brakes still partly on having come to a halt to let some pedestrians across the road and the pad fell out without me noticing. Scary) My immediate thoughts were "are these counterfeit?" to be honest. I might go get some Aztec ones purely for safety's sake. |
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On 7 Sep, 13:49, wrote:
Seriously though, it shouldn't be a problem - a couple of weeks ago I installed some Koolstop pads into Aztec holders and was able to slide the old pads out and the new ones in by hand. Which was my experience last time I replaced a pad (the pin failed somehow at some point, I backed up a little with the brakes still partly on having come to a halt to let some pedestrians across the road and the pad fell out without me noticing. Scary) My immediate thoughts were "are these counterfeit?" to be honest. I might go get some Aztec ones purely for safety's sake. I've been using Koolstop pads in Aztec holders for ages now. Sometimes they go in easy, sometimes they're real stiff, I've no idea why. I find wetting the pads (spit on them) helps them in if they're being tricksy. I went off the Aztec pads because they seemed to wear away the rims rather too quickly. |
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On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:15:46 +0100, Señor Chris
wrote: wrote: snip Which was my experience last time I replaced a pad (the pin failed somehow at some point, I backed up a little with the brakes still partly on having come to a halt to let some pedestrians across the road and the pad fell out without me noticing. Scary) I'll remember that - sounds like a useful way to shift a stuck pad. This happened to me a quarter of the way into the Mad Jack Fuller, a 100km (or is it 150km?) audax, noted for its "scenic" content. Oh how I laughed. -- Tim |
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