quick help!!!!!! caliper problems

Sam12 · June 2007

hi just got back from a bike ride and the wheel was off now i am trying to put it back on but somehow the pads have got closer and the disc will not fit in the slot

i have avid juicy 3 brakes

rideitgood · June 2007

You must've pressed the brake, whilst the wheel was out. Or atleast, someone else must've if it wasn't you. They are magnetic, and are very hard to prise open. Theere may be an easier way, but prising them open as i said is the only way I know.

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Sam12 · June 2007

would that break them or do damage????and how hard do you have to push them apart

burnt_sandwich · June 2007

It doesn't do any damage, so long as the pads are still in there. Just get a flathead screwdriver and pry them apart. If they don't seem to be moving, just keep the screwdriver in there and gradually apply more pressure. I've done the same with my juicy 3s a few times, its irritating but not too bad.

mongooseTE17 · June 2007

Best thing to do is use a large flat bladed screw driver and carfully reset the pistons buy twisting it. It may take some force but start off gently. Be carfull so they go back in square and not at an angle.

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ToMBeMe · June 2007

Or use a pack of cards, keep adding a card a time till there at sufficient space apart.

Sam12 · June 2007

the prising it thing is not realy working

munchkin2 · June 2007

The cards is a good idea.

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mmm_pie · June 2007

Just get a flathead screwdriver and push the pads apart. The brake should work fine after the disc is in.

Also, do you have any fluid leaking out? If you accidentally engaged the brake while the disc was out theres a good chance that some fluid has leaked.

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John · June 2007

Theres a tech section for a reason.

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euan_333 · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ToMBeMe

Or use a pack of cards, keep adding a card a time till there at sufficient space apart.
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Yeah my LBS recommended that too.

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miggillicuddy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by rideitgood

They are magnetic<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

What are? There doesn't appear to be anything magnetic in my calipers.[?]

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ToMBeMe · June 2007

To keep brake pads attached to pistons (?) AFAIK.

Matt · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by euan_333

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ToMBeMe

Or use a pack of cards, keep adding a card a time till there at sufficient space apart.
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Yeah my LBS recommended that too.

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Honestly? I would have thought that would take forever and you'd get to a point where you couldn't fit them in.

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rideitgood · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by miggillicuddy

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by rideitgood

They are magnetic<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

What are? There doesn't appear to be anything magnetic in my calipers.[?]

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Well I'm not sure they're purposely magnetic, but they do magnetise together when pressed together.

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ToMBeMe · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Matt

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by euan_333

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ToMBeMe

Or use a pack of cards, keep adding a card a time till there at sufficient space apart.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Yeah my LBS recommended that too.

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Euan Crawford<h6>ª_ª</h6>

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Honestly? I would have thought that would take forever and you'd get to a point where you couldn't fit them in.

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<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Try it its easiest least damaging way to do it, or bits of card. TBH im a retard with a flat head screwdriver unless im trying to stab myself in that hand with it, but yeah, try it.

miggillicuddy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ToMBeMe

To keep brake pads attached to pistons (?) AFAIK.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Ah right, that would make sense...but that wouldn't really make the pads stick together any more?

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ToMBeMe · June 2007

not sure, try the cards thing. If it really is hard to get the pad apart you might have stuck pistons ( Going out on a limb ):
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stick · June 2007

If they are magnetic to hold the pads in.. that means they will both have the same charge, so they cant make it stick together more...

If you can get the screwdriver in, take the pads out and give it another try with a bit more space to play with.

alternativley, give the playing card method a go, its worked for me in the past, just dont use the jokers, its cheating.

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