IMHO, the only problem with Univ. mod. 61 and mod 68 brakes are the brake levers themself. Take a close look at them. Are they cracked under the hoods? Do they look like they were designed with an inherent mechanical disadvantage? Try any other set of brake levers with either model calipers if you wish to test my hypothesis.
btw, I just paid over $200 USD to acquire new Univ. levers and hoods. The NOS levers came from Austria.
Keith Kessel Shreveport, La.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 8:27 am, Russ Fitzgerald wrote:
> I had good results using Universal Super 68s with Scott-Matthauser pads -
> but I used different levers with them. My memory is that the late, much
> missed Sheldon Brown had written somewhere about mechanical leverage of
> different brake levers and how Universal's design wasn't good, but I may
> be misremembering things or conflating things he wrote with someone else.
>
> If it was me, I'd consider swapping out the levers and using good cables
> with lined housings.
>
> Russ Fitzgerald
> Greenwood, SC, USA