Replacing V brakes - tension
belgiangoth
Posts: 2,849
Hi y'all,
I recently did a strip, clean and linseed oil on my frame, but when I put it all back together I had an issue with the V brakes. Without changing anything on the setup I found that the brakes no longer spring back and feel somewhat spongey. I think it's something to do with the spring - but can't figure it out at all.
For the moment I have bodged it by setting the brakes up in the wrong hole on the frame. Anyone know what I need to do to fix it properly?
I recently did a strip, clean and linseed oil on my frame, but when I put it all back together I had an issue with the V brakes. Without changing anything on the setup I found that the brakes no longer spring back and feel somewhat spongey. I think it's something to do with the spring - but can't figure it out at all.
For the moment I have bodged it by setting the brakes up in the wrong hole on the frame. Anyone know what I need to do to fix it properly?
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It's been a while since I played with v-brakes. Is the spring located properly in the hole on the bosses? Some older frames have more than one hole, enabling different tensions to be set.0
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The "proper" hole on the bosses is the middle one. I had to use the top one to get decent spring-back. Not sure why you shouldn't do this thought.0
