play in brake levers

acidstrato

the tiagra shifters on one of my bikes have developed play in the brakes, more so in the r/h shifter. its basically not biting the brake cable for the first 15-20mm movement and i've had to tighten the cable to compensate. both shifters do this for some reason. its annoying more tan anything because they flap about over bumpy ground and vibrate like mad

does this sound like a problem anyone else has suffered before?
Any ideas?

MrChuck

Have you changed the tension at the brake caliper end lately? Could be when the cable was tensioned something else was taking up the tension rather than where the level end of the cable sits, meaning it actually has some slack in it that you now have to take up when you pull the lever.

zanes

Jammed caliper not releasing fully when you come off the brakes.

jj1048

Have the wheels been off recently? Have the caliper quick releases been flipped back down?

John.T

Stiff brake or cable not returning fully.

jonmack

All of the above, will be at the brake end, not the lever end.

desweller

zanes wrote:

Jammed caliper not releasing fully when you come off the brakes.

What he said. See the other thread about sticky Tiagra brakes for possible solutions!

acidstrato

thanks fellas, i noticed the other thread on tiagra brakes funny coincidence that. hopefully that is it. will try cleaning and greasing the calipers.

acidstrato

jj1048 wrote:

Have the wheels been off recently? Have the caliper quick releases been flipped back down?

yeah they are fine its got to be something sticking i think

big up the Tony Wallace massive!

jj1048

acidstrato wrote:

big up the Tony Wallace massive!

You must be from round here then?

acidstrato

ha yeah I live in Caldicot, mates with Tony's son Carl