Promax V Brake Plastic Spacer issue.

richardstan

The plastic spacer that acts as a spring on my promax v brakes has sliced itself down the middle and into bits, so there is no spring back when the brakes are released.

I've got two questions:

What is this part called so that I can get a replacement? There seems to be very little written about them.

How do I fix it back onto the brake system once i get a part. Boths ends of the brake cable are terminated with parts that are larger than the diameter of the spacer's holes.

Thanks

Richard.

cooldad

Never seen a spacer tensioning brakes. Got a pic? Should have springs behind the arms.

Andy B

You won't be able to get the parts easily if at all, it's a common fault with those brakes, seen plenty of them come in for repair @ the shop.

Time for an upgrade to something like Avid or Shimano V brakes.

richardstan

Which of avid or shimano would you go for?
Ill probably get them depending on cost, durability and how easy they are to maintain.

Richard.

richardstan

Im not going to be doing any jumps or backflips so they dont need to be super strong, just enough for commuting and occasional off road.

Andy B

These: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=34700 will do the job nicely and are good value

Anonymous

If you were doing backflips then you wouldn't need very powerful brakes, since your wheels aren't on the ground

richardstan

yeehaamcgee what about the landing?

Do I need to purchase the brake cable (i.e. metal bend and plastic spacer attached to it) separately to get these brakes to work?

I really have an issue with the crap plastic part that was used on the promax brakes. Could this be solved be getting a new cable and not a whole new braking system?

Anonymous

You don't generally need brakes when landing either. Jumping is not one of the high-speed aspects of mountain biking where brakes are pushed to their limits.

I would highly recommend Avid V-brakes as a large step up from Promax.

richardstan

so you'd do a whole downhill track with no brakes?

Anonymous

What? NO!
But I generally wouldn't do backflips on a DH track either.
I think either you're trying a wind-up, or you're getting your MTBing disciplines mixed up.

cooldad

Avid. Replace the callipers and levers.