ADVICE - Snapped brake lever and derailleur Hanger !!!!!

bilabonic

Hi All

Had a little accident on my Kalkhoff Endeavour Impulse S10 and i have snapped the RHS/front brake lever only ,the remaining unit on the bar still works fine if i push the 'plunger' in which is operated by brake lever arm as in pic,the small ball ended silver bit, no oil has escaped at all.........Can i just fit a new lever arm ?




I also require a new hanger, anybody know what type it is ? The derailleur seems ok and is XT.

Cheers guys

nicklouse

If you can get a lever it should not be a problem

Hanger is bike specific to for both items talk to the shop that provided them.

bilabonic

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640529#p19640529]nicklouse[/url] wrote:

If you can get a lever it should not be a problem

Hanger is bike specific to for both items talk to the shop that provided them.

Thanks for reply, i found a video of renewing the lever blade and it's a VERY simple procedure -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDfDebmqCLQ

The plastics caps mine have came off easily without damge plus the centre pin can be removed very easily with a correct size end of a drillbit.

Can not find a lever blade ANYWHERE though !!!! :?

bilabonic

Thinking of just replacing the whole lot (except caliper) with Shimano M575 or 675.

I just want something EASY to bleed, with half decent braking.......Plus cheap on oil.

What do you recommend guys ?

What's the difference between the two above and are they the type that take the Shimano bleed tool that you just screw on top ?

Cheers

nicklouse

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640693#p19640693]bilabonic[/url] wrote:

Thinking of just replacing the whole lot (except caliper) with Shimano M575 or 675.

I just want something EASY to bleed, with half decent braking.......Plus cheap on oil.

What do you recommend guys ?

What's the difference between the two above and are they the type that take the Shimano bleed tool that you just screw on top ?

Cheers

It depends on what brake you have now. If shimano then they should be ok.

But who knows.

bilabonic

I currently have Magura MT4, but have no idea how to bleed them PLUS the support forum for them and getting parts seems impossible !!!

I was just going to buy somthing like this and replace the whole fron system

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-BR-M575-Front-Mountain-Bike-Hydraulic-Disc-/191611072615?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c9ce8f067

or the M675 which is only a few pound more....

nicklouse

Yes you will need a full set up for the end.

cooldad

575 are pretty cr4p. For £34 you can get 615s from CRC.

bilabonic

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19640845#p19640845]cooldad[/url] wrote:

575 are pretty cr4p. For £34 you can get 615s from CRC.

Cheers, how easy are they to bleed, my last set of Shimano brakes were VERY simple, like a car.

Just put lever level, remove cover, loosen bleed nipple (attach tube/bag) and pump new oil through by pulling ever/topping up etc.

Cheers

cooldad

Very easy.

But no reason they should need it for ages.

http://www.epicbleedsolutions.com/blog/how-to-bleed-new-shimano-brakes/

kinioo

As CD said - I would go for something like this:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-deore-m615-disc-brake/rp-prod108802

or a full set here:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-deore-m615-disc-brake-set/rp-prod129567

Chris