Re: [CR]Universal brake questions

(Example: Production Builders)

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:06:19 -0500
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Universal brake questions
To: "Donald F. Dunstan" <donalddunstan@wtconnect.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, Jan Heine <heine93@earthlink.net>
References: <a05210636bc037d9d7adc@[66.167.140.232]> <002a01c3c380$3718fac0$cca4e840@D1SH8R21>


It also helps to just "break" the leading edge of the pad with a file. A 45 degree chamfer helps stop the vibration from setting up.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald F. Dunstan"
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Universal brake questions



> If the pads interfere with the seat stays, you can put spacer(s) between the
> seat stay bridge and center bolt seat to move them away from the frame.
>
> The safe method of achieving "toe-in" without bending the arms would be to
> take the pads out, put them in a vise, and file the pad material to an angle
> from the leading edge to the trailing edge so the
> leading part of the pad contacts the rim first. As the pad wears, you will
> eventually have to re-file for toe.
>
> Donald F. Dunstan
> Winters, TX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:05 AM
> Subject: [CR]Universal brake questions
>
>
> > More Italian questions:
> >
> > I have a Universal rear brake, the sidepull with the extra arm. When
> > I mount it on the bike, the pads interfere with the seat stays.
> > Checking images of Universal-braked bikes, it appears that the arms
> > are bent slightly to provide clearance. Before I start bending - is
> > this correct?
> >
> > Also, does anybody have a domed nut for the center bolt to spare? The
> > Universal one has a peculiar shape, a bit like a pear, rather than
> > round like an apple on Campy et al.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > --
> > Jan Heine, Seattle
> > Editor/Publisher
> > Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
> > http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/