Avid 7 adjustment (outside of knob range)

strak
strak Posts: 439
edited January 2008 in MTB workshop & tech
just stuck my new avids on.
Trouble is with the reach adjustment set right for me, and the pad contact adjuster all the way out, the lever is still coming too close too the bars. Andwith no adjustment left if it starts to come back further as the pads wear im screwed.

Is there a way round this? i cant see re-bleeding helping. Is the movment of lever from reach to pad contact determined by the clearance between pads and disc?

Maybe if I pump the calipers out a bit it would solve the problem, at the risk of more brake drag?
cheers

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    have you adjusted the lever adjust?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • strak
    strak Posts: 439
    yes, set reach with little grub screw, the adjusted pad contact with red knob, still not right :(
    as new, just stuck em on...
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    take all the adjust ment of and pump the levers and hold in place over night (zip tie or other) then set in the morning.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • strak
    strak Posts: 439
    thx, is that not a bleeding issue? i used to that on my sportsbike come to think of it.
    How does this technique work, it cant purge air from the system can it> as its sealed unit unless you open the reservoir or bleed nipple?

    I will try tonight n let ya know
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    it just allows the pistons to settle where they need to be.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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