Help! Magura brake problem.

OK, OK. I'm being a bit dramatic, as it's still totally rideable.

But it's bothering me that I can't really center the pads, nor reduce
the travel as much as I want to...

Because:

One of my pads doesn't move nearly as much as the other one does when I
press (and release) the lever.

Thx.


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JesseG

I guess that's normal behavior because mine are the same. It still is
annoying but I don't think there is any way to change that...


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they won't move in unison because of the fluid drag in the cross pipe,
so one will hit the rim before the other always. WHy do you want to
reduce the travel? Do you mean the distance from pad to rim when they're
off i.e. how far the pad travels to hit the rim?


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You are right that it's the pad connected directly to the lever that
goes further--but by about 4X as much.

Does anyone find that this is not normal--i.e. does anyone not have
this problem, or much less?

I guess I should remount them so that I can run the pads with less
travel without rubbing (yeah, that is what I mean Dave).


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JesseG

I don't think mine move by 4x as much, but they do move at slightly
different times on the lever pull.

I do have them set quite far out though - personally I find that better
with the mount I'm using (KH brake mount), cos I like having the lever
right up close to the saddle handle when I am braking.

Joe


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I've got Magura rim brakes on my tandem (actually HS66, but the calipers
are the same as HS33) and I wouldn't say the pads move different
amounts. The one on the lever side usually hits the rim first, like
Dave mentioned, but when the brake is released they both retract
equally. Perhaps your calipers are a bit sticky. My tandem is only
ridden on the road so they're not subjected to as much crud as they
might be on a muni or something.

Rob


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are they defective? Need to be rebled? Cleaned some special way?

I turned the dial to the minus, and this improved things.

Before, they did the first one, then the other one move, thing. That's
not it now. In unison, but at different rates and both touching at once.


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The pistons should come out at a fairly same distance. Try cleaning out
the the pistons by pulling the brake lever & use warm water/soap and put
a dab of Triflow or equivalent thin lube. If the problem does not go
away, you want to re-bleed the brake line.


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