do my brakes need bleeding?

welshkev
welshkev Posts: 9,690
edited June 2010 in MTB workshop & tech
i've bought some juicy 3's off a guy in work and have just fitted them. they're only about 3 months old and look to be fine, however the pads are rubbing on the discs really badly and the lever feels a bit spongy. i've taken the wheel off and pushed out the calipers with a knife but when i put the wheel back on and pull the lever again the pads rub on the disc again. do they need bleeding?

sorry if this isn't enough information but as some of you know i'm a mechanical retard :?

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    have you bedded then in yet?

    have you tried aligning the calipers correctly?

    normally a bleed is the last thing one needs to do.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    ok, cheers nick.

    i'll have a look at doing those things.sorry for always asking the most basic questions but everyone has to learn, right? :oops:
  • submityournentries
    submityournentries Posts: 912
    yes indeedy, to adjust them, loosen to the two bolts at the top and bottom of the caliper, give the lever a jolly good squeeze about 3 or 4 times, then squeeze it firm, so that the wheel cant move and tighten the bolts, this will adjust them :D
    Ragley Blue Pig
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    submityournentries wrote:
    yes indeedy, to adjust them, loosen to the two bolts at the top and bottom of the caliper, give the lever a jolly good squeeze about 3 or 4 times, then squeeze it firm, so that the wheel cant move and tighten the bolts, this will adjust them :D

    thanks for that, it's much appreciated :D

    i'll give it a go when i get home later :D

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