Rear caliper brakes don't clear frame

ntotheatothet
ntotheatothet Posts: 26
edited November 2013 in Workshop
I'm putting together a new bike for my wife and have bought an older Shimano 105 group set from ebay... It came off an old steel frame bike. On attaching the rear brake I find that it doesn't clear the frame (I.e when not cabled/tensioned it touches the frame) it needs an extra 5mm or so - would I be OK to use spacer washers to get it in the right place? Or do the brakes just not fit the frame?

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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    So when it's got a cable in it it doesn't touch the frame?

    Put a cable in it!

    All my frames have been like that AFAICR.
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  • ntotheatothet
    ntotheatothet Posts: 26
    Thanks DesWeller...! I've cabled it and all's fine - on my other 2 bikes there's clearance when not cabled which is why I was perturbed but all's well now that it's all cabled up!

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