Disc brakes and mudguards...

wheezee
wheezee Posts: 461
edited March 2010 in The workshop
Can anyone point me to a previous thread, or give me some advice on how best to resolve the caliper-in the-way-of-the-stays problem?

Thanks in anticipation...

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    it al depends on the fork.

    what is your set up?

    pics?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • wheezee
    wheezee Posts: 461
    It's the rear I was having trouble with. The rear/lower stay will line up with the braze-on unobstructed, but the top/forward stay wants to go straight through the caliper (and the guards are SKS, so they're in one piece).
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    pics?

    often a different bolt and and a nut and some pliers fix it.

    but as i have no idea what you have i dont know.

    and SKS do make a hell of a lot or mud guards.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • misterbleepy
    misterbleepy Posts: 7
    I had to put a bend in the front stay of my SKS mudguard to clear a disk caliper:

    8317_162171753967_518888967_3685326_227532_n.jpg

    would that work for you?
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    misterbleepy wrote:
    I had to put a bend in the front stay of my SKS mudguard to clear a disk caliper:_3685326_227532_n.jpg[/img]

    would that work for you?

    +1. Guess it depends how much spare stay you have to play with.
  • misterbleepy
    misterbleepy Posts: 7
    PBo wrote:
    misterbleepy wrote:
    I had to put a bend in the front stay of my SKS mudguard to clear a disk caliper:_3685326_227532_n.jpg[/img]

    would that work for you?

    +1. Guess it depends how much spare stay you have to play with.

    if I remember rightly, I had to cut off 2 to 3 cm of each stay during fitting - they seem to give you plenty to cope with the odd kink.

    Cutting the stuff is hard though - I hacksawed through 1/2 and then snapped the end off with the help of jumbo pliers
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    right - just had a proper look at mine.

    front was done just by bending stays.

    however, caliper was bamg in the way of rear stay. I used a very long bolt, with a selection of nuts/washers to effectively move the point at which the stay meets the frame outwards, givng enough room to then bend the stay past the calipers.

    Pete
  • wheezee
    wheezee Posts: 461
    Thanks for all the replies!

    My LBS gave me some small extension plates with a hole at each end which effectively move the attachment points backwards by an inch or so. Looks like they'll work a treat.

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